Date:         Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:54:55 -0400
Reply-To:     Arthur Tabachneck <art297@ROGERS.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Arthur Tabachneck <art297@ROGERS.COM>
Subject:      Is there a way to create variable containing the pdv?

Suppose you had the following program:

data test(keep=a y z);
  input a b c x y;
  z=y+5;
  cards;
1 2 3 4 5
;

Is there a way, from within the datastep, to create a variable that contains
the names of all of the variables that are in the pdv.  Thus, in the above
example, say a variable called variables that would have the value:
"a b c x y z"?  And, similarly, create another variable that has the names of
the variables in the keep statement (i.e., in this case, a variable called
kept with the value "a y z")?

Thanks in advance,
Art