Date:         Wed, 2 May 2007 10:27:48 -0400
Reply-To:     Eric Hoogenboom <erichoogenboom@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Eric Hoogenboom <erichoogenboom@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Help with concatenation problem

Sekxa,

See code below - untested.
Don't lose yourself into too many % and &.
And do not forget the extra semicolon to finish the assignment.


%do j = 1 %to &tot_obs;
  grp&j = var1&j
  %if (&tot_obs GT 1) %then
    %do i = 2 %to &tot_obs;
       || var&i&j
    %end;
  ;
%end;

Hth,
Eric