Date:         Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:21:43 -0400
Reply-To:     Tom Abernathy <tom.abernathy@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Tom Abernathy <tom.abernathy@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Is a variable name present in a list of variable names stored
              in a macro variable? XXXX

Use INDEXW function.

%IF %sysfunc(indexw(%UPCASE(&E),%UPCASE(&VAR1))) %THEN %LET PRESENT = YES;

Better still the result to present and then you can use the numeric value in
future logic.

%let present=%sysfunc(indexw(%upcase(&e),%upcase(&var1)));
%if &present %then %do;
 ...
%end;

On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:03:03 -0400, Dan Abner <dan.abner99@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>Hi everyone,
>%IF %INDEX(%UPCASE(&E),%STR( %UPCASE(&VAR1) )) %THEN %LET PRESENT = YES;