Date:         Thu, 26 Feb 1998 08:29:00 +0100
Reply-To:     "Becker, Eckhard [IAW-04]" <EBecker@VHV.DE>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Becker, Eckhard [IAW-04]" <EBecker@VHV.DE>
Subject:      Re: RENAMING A LARGE # OF VARIABLES
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>/* Dummy data set for example  */
>
>Data A;
>  length var1-var20 $5;
>run;
>
>filename write 'c:\sas\test.sas';
[...]
 
Is there any reason doing it with an external file? I allways try to
avoid it for reasons of portability. I think you can do the same without
changing much of the code using macro.