On Apr 29, 11:30 am, Eversmann <rifazraz...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am designing a generic macro --- to do some processing on a given > dataset. > > And a perticular column (say X) doesn't always exist. > > is there a way to check if this column exist and do the processing > accordingly... > > Many thanks in advance

There are various ways of doing this. One of the simplest is using the sashelp.vcolumn view.