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I do not have to perform these kinds of procedures myself so I do know if my
suggestions will be the best, but here goes anyway. What if you had one
permanent data set where you kept track of the last date a file came in and
the last data set number that was created. Then each time you get new data,
read the data set just mentioned and assign the values in it to macro
variables.
Maybe a little example....
In "Last":
data last;
date=date(); /* Read in an ASCII file today */
lastdset = 0; /* Don't have any yet */
data _null_;
set last;
call symput('last', lastdset);
run;
%let next = %eval(&last + 1);
data data&next;
infile ....
input ....
Now you can use the last and next macro variables along with %eval and %let
to grab the last three data sets or whatever. When finished just update
your "Last" data set:
data last;
lastdset=&next;
date=date();
run;
Chris Lanning
Trilogy Consultant
clanning@amgen.com
1-805-447-0634
SAS Consulting is my life!!!
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> From: Lars Rud[SMTP:lars_rud@LAAN-SPAR.DK]
> Reply To: Lars Rud
> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 1998 4:26 AM
> To: SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Naming conventions for data files
>
> Hi,
>
> As a rank beginner, I am faced with a problem of establishing practical
> naming conventions.
> I get new data 3 times a month. Same filename and structure each time.
> They arrive in ascii-files, and are read into SAS datasets.
> Do any of you wizards have input for me on how I solve the following:
>
> I would like to run procedures and reports on the newest data.
> In some cases just the latest datafile.
> In other cases the 6 newest end-month data files
> In yet other cases the latest group of 3 data files covering 1 full
> calendar
> month.
>
>
> And the point: I am lazy. I do not want to change a comma in my programs
> before running them. So the naming of the SAS datasets should make it
> possible to accomplish all of the above in one fell swoop.
>
> Or maybe a procedure to be run after each update, to assign librefs to all
> data sets?
>
> Is it possible? Or is SAS unsuitable for lazy people?
>
> Regards
>
> Lars
>
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