Loop over names in SAS-IML?

Question

How can I read a SAS-Dataset with a name given as stem+suffix into IML? The stem is given as a SAS macro variable, the suffices I intend to use are in a string-vector in IML.

Answer 1

If you have SAS/IML 12.1, simply use string concatenation to construct the data set name, and then put parentheses around the name, as described in the blog post "Read data sets that are specified in an array".

Be careful when you try to use macro variables in a loop. See the tips in the article "Macros and loops in the SAS/IML language"