Greetings:

Within the confines of one data step I'm trying to create multiple members in the same PDS(E). Unfortunately, the filevar = may not be used as the log below shows:

1

2 filename pds 'zybtots.hd69.testpds' dsntype=library

3 dsorg=po disp=(new,catlg);

4

5 data harry;

6 a = 'A';output;

7 a = 'B';output;

8 a = 'C';output;

9 run;

<snip>

11 data _null_;

12 set harry;

13 newfile = a ;

14 file pds(newfile) filevar=newfile;

ERROR: A Physical file reference (i.e. "PHYSICAL FILE REFERENCE" ) or an aggregate file storage reference (i.e. AGGREGATE(MEMBER) ) reference cannot be used with the FILEVAR= option. 15 put a;

16 run;

If I omit the filevar = clause, and simply code: file pds(newfile); a member named "newfile" is created in the PDSE, not members based on the values of variable newfile.

SAS Help plainly states multiple members can be written at the same time:

Allocating PDSEs To allocate a Partitioned Data Set Extended (PDSE), specify the appropriate options in the FILENAME statement or FILENAME function, as shown in the example in FILENAME Statement Examples <zexf-ufs.htm> . See Options That Specify SMS Keywords <z1main.htm> for definitions of SMS options. You can use a PDSE wherever you can use a PDS, and you can write to multiple members in a PDSE at the same time.

Question: In a single datastep, how do I create multiple PDS members, member names being the values of data step variables?

TIA, Harry