Date:         Fri, 24 Aug 2001 11:45:38 -0400
Reply-To:     Clemens van Brunschot <c.vanbrunschot@CHELLO.NL>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Clemens van Brunschot <c.vanbrunschot@CHELLO.NL>
Subject:      Interfacing SCL>SUBMIT block for multiple values

Hello friends,

I need to pass either a
- two-dimensioal array, or a
- set of suffixed macro variables
from SCL to a SUBMIT block.

In the submit block I would prefer to have available something like
&&number&ind.

Problems with this:
- I can't find a transfer of SCL arrays to Base SAS.
- Turning to suffixed macro variables, in SCL the following won't work:
     do i=1 to n;
        number= ...;
        call symputn('ind',i);
        call symputn('number&ind',number);
     end;
  because the &ind reference is not recognized.
- I can't get the job done in a SUBMIT block either
     do i=1 to n;
        number= ...;
        SUBMIT continue;
           data _null_;
              call symput('ind',&i);
              call symput("number&ind",&number);
           run;
        ENDSUBMIT;
     end;
  since the arguments passed to the DO-loop are determined at
  compilation time instead of at runtime, so that only one value
  is passed to the SUBMIT block (corresponding with i=n).

Who knows a way?

Kind regards,

Clemens van Brunschot
c.vanbrunschot@chello.nl