Date:         Tue, 9 Jan 2001 23:25:51 -0500
Reply-To:     Richard DeVenezia <radevenz@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Richard DeVenezia <radevenz@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Organization: MindSpring Enterprises
Subject:      Re: Any reason why DESCENDING is not a valid variable name?

Name literals are also valid in SCL code and SCL lists.

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"Jonathan Goldberg" <Jonathan_Goldberg@MASTERCARD.COM> wrote in message
news:862569CF.0080A250.00@mastercard.com...
> Jack:
>
> Thanks for the information (which Kenneth Moody also kindly provided).  I
looked
> it up on my reference CDROM.
>
> The section on "SAS Name Literals" notes the following under "Important
> Restrictions":
>
>    You can use name literals in a DATA step or a PROC SQL step only.
>
> So, according to the documentation, you cannot do what you did in proc
sort.
> But it works anyway.
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>
>
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> |        |          "Jack Hamilton"     |
> |        |          <JackHamilton@firsth|
> |        |          ealth.com>          |
> |        |                              |
> |        |          01/09/01 04:37 PM   |
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>   |       To:     SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU, Jonathan_Goldberg@mastercard.com
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>   |       cc:     Peter@CRAWFORDSOFTWARE.DEMON.CO.UK
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>   |       Subject:     Re: Any reason why DESCENDING is not a valid
variable   |
>   |       name?
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>
>
>
> I used the wrong term.  It's "SAS name literals".
>
> If you have the online documentation in HTML format, look at the SAS Name
> Literals section in the Language Reference.  From the root address, it's
at
> <sashtml/lgref/z1031056.htm#z1031065>
>
>
> --
> JackHamilton@FirstHealth.com
> Development Manager, Technical Group
> METRICS Department, First Health
> West Sacramento, California USA
>
>
> >>> <Jonathan_Goldberg@mastercard.com> 01/09/2001 1:20 PM >>>
>
>
> Jack, Peter et. al.:
>
> "Name constant" is a new concept to me, also.
>
> I have searched the V8.0 documentation disk for it in vain.  It does work,
> though.
>
> Could anyone point me at a reference?
>
> Jonathan