VARNAME Function

Returns the name of a SAS data set variable.

Category:

SAS File I/O

Syntax

VARNAME(data-set-id,var-num)

Required Arguments

data-set-id

specifies the data set identifier that the OPEN function returns.

var-num

specifies the number of the variable's position in the SAS data set.

Tips	This number is next to the variable in the list that is produced by the CONTENTS procedure.
	The VARNUM function returns this number.

Example

This example copies the names of the first five variables in the SAS data set CITY (or all of the variables if there are fewer than five) into a macro variable.

%macro names;
   %let dsid=%sysfunc(open(city,i));
   %let varlist=;
   %do i=1 %to
      %sysfunc(min(5,%sysfunc(attrn
                             (&dsid,nvars))));
      %let varlist=&varlist %sysfunc(varname
                                 (&dsid,&i));
   %end;
   %put varlist=&varlist;
%mend names;
%names