Date:         Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:35:58 -0800
Reply-To:     karma <dorjetarap@GOOGLEMAIL.COM>
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From:         karma <dorjetarap@GOOGLEMAIL.COM>
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Subject:      assigning column variable to macro variable
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Hi,

I want to know if there is a way to make a column variable a global
variable.

The following doesn't work

data _null_;
   set test;
      %global var1;
      %let var1=variableOne;
run;

This makes var1 resolve to the text variableOne, rather than the value
in column variableOne. Any suggestions?

Thanks