This tutorial explains the difference between SYMPUT and SYMPUT in SAS.
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| Difference between SYMPUT and SYMGET |
SYMGET : To get macro variable value in a data step.
Example 1 :Creating a single macro variable
*Creating a macro variable;Example 2 : Creating multiple macro variables
data _null_;
set sashelp.class;
if _N_ = 1 then do;
call symput('nvar', name);
end;
run;
%put &nvar;
*Get macro variable value in a dataset;
data want;
var1=symget('nvar');
run;
*Creating macro variables;
data _null_;
set sashelp.class;
call symput('nvars' || strip(_n_), name);
run;
%put &nvars1 &nvars2 &nvars3;
* Number of rows;
data _null_;
if 0 then set sashelp.class nobs=n;
call symput ('nrows',n);
run;
*Get macro variable value in a dataset;
data want (drop = i);
do i=1 to &nrows.;
var1=symget(cats('nvars',i));
output;
end;
run;