Accessing a spreadsheet by column instead of name after importing from Excel
Experts,
I was wondering if there is a way to access a column in Excel by column (i.e. Column A) in lieu of the column heading in SAS. This would allow flexibility of bypassing column headings which may be long or descriptive in Excel but not good for a SAS variable name.
I was wondering if there is a way to access a column in Excel by column (i.e. Column A) in lieu of the column heading in SAS. This would allow flexibility of bypassing column headings which may be long or descriptive in Excel but not good for a SAS variable name.
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ckluka,
I would like to reference the column in SAS.
I would like to reference the column in SAS.
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http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/excel-help/indirect-HP005209139.aspx
You can address a cell (B3) for example two ways:
=indirect(B3,TRUE)
=indirect(R3C2,FALSE)
You can replace "B3" or "R3C2" with a string literal or cell reference so you can use it in a formula or function to iterate through a list or entire column.