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>ARRAY TEMP{*} VAR1-VARn;
>where n will vary.
 
Array statements need to fix their size at compile time.
 
I think that (dynamic length arrays) is what they introduced scl lists
to provide
 
In article <919262430.2120838.0@vm121.akh-wien.ac.at>, Kevin J. McCardey
<kevinm@DUKE.EDU> writes
>Greetings,
>
>I'm trying to set up an ARRAY statement in an SCL entry (outside of any
>SUBMIT blocks) where the index on the ending variable can change,
>depending on the user's selections.  That is,
>ARRAY TEMP{*} VAR1-VARn;
>where n will vary.
>VAR1 thru VAR n don't exist yet.  I will be populating them inside of a
>subsequent DO loop, such as:
>DO I=1 TO DIM(TEMP);
> other SAS statements;
> TEMP(I)=values derived in above other;
>END;
>
>The process works when I hard code n to some value (say 5) but I'd like
>to set up a process that's dynamic in the sense that SCL can figure out
>the ending n value so this process can be utilized across many applications.
>
>TIA,
>Kevin
 
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Peter Crawford