Date:         Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:23:30 -0800
Reply-To:     "Sprague, Webb (OFM)" <Webb.Sprague@OFM.WA.GOV>
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From:         "Sprague, Webb (OFM)" <Webb.Sprague@OFM.WA.GOV>
Subject:      Re: "Unpacking" variable in a datastep into a "macro function"
Comments: To: Chang Chung <chang_y_chung@HOTMAIL.COM>
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Thanks ! ...

>    %macro type(txt);
>      %let txt=(upcase(compress(&txt," ","psc")));
>      (ifc(prxmatch("/RE*MO*DE*L/",&txt),"REMODEL","BUILDNEW"))
>    %mend  type;

What if you have a bunch of regex'es you want to match?  The sample I
gave only had the two alternatives, but really I have one for REMODEL,
SINGLE FAMILY, MULTI, DUPLEX, etc.