Dynamic variable names in SAS

Question

Is there a way in SAS to specify dynamic variable names in code? i.e. use different variables on different observations based on the value of another variable?

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Answer 1

I think the simplest solution would be to use VVALUEX function. It creates the variable name using the index, and then supplies it as an argument to the function -

var_index = vvaluex(compress("var" || put(index, 8.)));