Date:         Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:58:12 -0500
Reply-To:     Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
Subject:      Re: Macro Variable w. Another Macro Variable in name
Comments: To: OR Stats <stats112@GMAIL.COM>

Are you trying to accomplish something like:

%macro testidea;
  %let myarray=XX  XY  YY;
  %do i=1 %to 3;
    %let s0=%scan(&myarray,&i);
    %let count&s0=0;
    %put &&count&s0;
  %end;
%mend;
%testidea

HTH,
Art
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On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:31:06 -0600, OR Stats <stats112@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>Hello, A quick syntax question.  I have a predefined nx1 char array [ XX
XY
>YY . . .].  I would like to create a macro variable which is a function
of a
>dataset with respect to an element of the array.  More specifically, I
would
>like n of these macro variables; one for each element of my array.  What I
>am having trouble w. is referencing these 'nested' macro variables.
>
>Say, I would like to call the variables countXX, countXY, countYY, etc.;
>where countXX is some function of XX (i.e., the first element of the
array)
>and an existing dataset that I have.  How do I call it?  The following did
>not work:
>
>%do i=1 %to 3;
>%let myarray=XX  XY  YY
>%let s0=%scan(&myarray,&i);
>%let count&s0=0
>%put(&count&s0);
>%end;
>
>To keep it simple, I did not bring the dataset into the above picture.
>What's wrong w. my syntax?
>
>Merci