Date:         Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:52:42 -0500
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From:         SAS User <sas@SDAC.HARVARD.EDU>
Subject:      Lack of macro "in" function
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SAS-Lers,

To my understanding and through my experiences, there is no equivalent
of the statement:  if var1 in (one, two, three); in the macro language.
If I have a huge list that I need to check if a macro variable has one
of the values, instead of using several "or"s (%if &MVAR = one or
%MVAR = two or &MVAR = three) I use a data _null_ and another
macro var to flag if that's true.  Does anyone have any other tricks
or am I just plain wrong in believing there is no "in" statement
for the macro language?  Thanks.

  -Casey