Use a macro along with PROC TEMPLATE. Use the ODS OUTPUT statement along with the STATS output object to create an output data set from PROC TEMPLATE with the LIST statement. The LIST statement specifies the directory that we want to copy from, which is Style in this example. The PROC SQL step creates a macro variable from each template within this directory. The last step creates the location where we want to store the templates by using the ODS PATH statement. In this example, the templates are stored in the work library.

   %macro test;
   ods path sasuser.templat sashelp.tmplmst;
   ods output stats(match_all=mac)=temp;

   proc template;
     list styles;
   run;

   proc sql;
   proc sql noprint;
     select count(path) into :last
            from temp;

     /* Create macro variables VAL1 to VAL/. The ending range */
     /* range gets stored in the macro variable last          */

     select path into: val1- :val%left(&last)
               from temp;
   run;
   quit;

   ods path(prepend) work.template(update);
   proc template;
     %do i=1 %to &last;
       %if %index(&&val&i,.) > 0 %then %do;
       edit
       &&val&i;
     end;
   %end;
   %end;
   run;
   %mend;

   %test

See also the full PROC TEMPLATE FAQ and Concepts.

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