mathematical statistician
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Date:         Fri, 21 Feb 2003 13:38:41 -0500
Reply-To:     "Fehd, Ronald J. (PHPPO)" <rjf2@CDC.GOV>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Fehd, Ronald J. (PHPPO)" <rjf2@CDC.GOV>
Subject:      Re: Make directory listing available as a macro variable
Comments: cc: rpresley <rpresley@GMCF.ORG>
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> From: rpresley [mailto:rpresley@GMCF.ORG]
> SAS 8.2, Windows.
>
> We have directories such as c:\excel .
>
> I want to be able to include the names of the files in this
> directory into a SAS macro variable so I can then use that
> macro variable in a program that imports all of the excel
> files in a directory.  It looks like I might be able to use a
> pipe command to get the dir listing into a flat file but I
> have not figured this out yet.

Jay Stevens provided code which I rewrote
in my inimitable Writing for Reading & ReUse Style Sheet

Date:         Wed, 9 Oct 2002 09:10:46 -0400
From:         "Fehd, Ronald J. (PHPPO)" <rjf2@CDC.GOV>
Subject:      tip read_dir

> From: Jay Stevens [mailto:user@EXAMPLE.NET]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 12:47 PM
> Subject: Platform independent Macro for Listing files in a directory

http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0210B&L=sas-l&P=R7728

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