Date:         Tue, 5 Feb 2002 15:51:00 -0500
Reply-To:     "Fehd, Ronald J." <rjf2@CDC.GOV>
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From:         "Fehd, Ronald J." <rjf2@CDC.GOV>
Subject:      Re: character %DO condition
Comments: To: Robert Saunders <robert.c.saunders@VANDERBILT.EDU>
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> From: Robert Saunders [mailto:robert.c.saunders@VANDERBILT.EDU]
> It looks like you can have a do-loop process through a set of
> character
> values, however when I try to do this in a %DO SAS tells me
> that a numeric
> value is required.  Here's a snippet of the code that shows
> what I want to do:
> %macro loop;

%let dset1=A;
%let dset2=B;
%let dset3=C;
%LET DIM_DSET = 3;

>   %*do i = 'a' %to 'e';
%DO I = 1 %TO &DIM_DSET.;

>    /* I also tried: %do i = 'a','b','c','d','e' */
>*    proc sort data=dset&i;

proc sort data=&&DSET&I.;

>     by idvar;
>    run;
>   %end;
> %mend loop;
> %loop;

see also:
SUGI 22: 1997 San Diego CA
Coder's Corner  80 %ARRAY
%ARRAY: construction and usage of arrays of macro variables
http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi22/CODERS/PAPER80.PDF

Ron Fehd  the macro maven  CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2@cdc.gov
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