You can insert or retrieve numeric values from specific table cells by using the special reserved name TABLE with row and column subscripts. References to the TABLE have the form

   TABLE[ row-index, column-index ]

where row-index and column-index can be numbers, character literals, numeric variables, character variables, or expressions that produce a number or a name. If an index is numeric, it must be within range; if it is character, it must name a row or column.

References to TABLE elements can appear on either side of an equal sign in an assignment statement and can be used in a SAS expression.