> From: Jim Groeneveld [mailto:J.Groeneveld@ITGROUPS.COM] > I want to define a new ARRAY (with not yet existing elements) > of which the > dimension is given as the value of a variable in the same > data step. Is that > possible and if so, how? E.g. something like (but the example > is wrong, it > would indicate the implicit index variable): > ARRAY ArrName (dim); > I know how to do it in two data steps using a macro variable.

What reason(s) do you have for not wanting to use that solution?

> The known > dimension is the dimension of another, existing array, the > result of the DIM function.

is this what you want: data x; array Known(*) <var list>; array New(dim(Known));

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

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