Thanks for the help Jim. My problem is solved now.

All the best Sieto

"Sieto Verver" <sieto@rivo.dlo.nl> wrote in message news:3de32684$1@news.wau.nl... > I want SAS to read all files in a directory. All the files have different > names, so I can't specify them directly in a macro. > > So far I got this code: > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > %MACRO readfile (fname, file2read, setname); > DATA &setname.; > INFILE "&file2read"; > INPUT test $; > RUN; > > PROC PRINT DATA=_LAST_; RUN; > %MEND readfile; > > %MACRO readdir(dir=); > DATA temp; > rc = FILENAME("datadir","&dir."); > did = DOPEN("datadir"); > doption = DOPTNAME(did,1); > dirname = DINFO (did,doption); > memcount = DNUM (did); > > DO i = 1 TO memcount; > fname = DREAD(did, i); > fname = COMPRESS (fname," "); > file2read = TRIM(dirname) || "\" || fname; > setname=COMPRESS(fname,"."); > IF SUBSTR(fname,1,7) NE "" THEN OUTPUT; > END; > > rc = DCLOSE (did); > KEEP memcount setname fname dirname; > RUN; > > PROC PRINT DATA=_LAST_; RUN; > > > %MEND; > > %readdir(dir=~sieto/projecten/conv_snij/testset/); > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > The macro readdir produces a dataset that contains memcount (number of files > in the directory ~sieto/projecten/conv_snij/testset/ ), setname (name I want > to give to future dataset), fname (name of the file to read), file2read > (filename including path). So far so good. But now I want to use this data > to run the macro readfile and use the data to produce the macrovariables > needed in readfile. I tried to use CALL SYMPUT, but this only assigns a > macrovariable directly after submitting the programm i.s.o. after every > iteration of the macro. Anyone who has an idea? > > Thanks, > Sieto > >