clist_ones

Create a simple list of replicated items with given length.

%let clist=%clist_ones(len, item=, sep=%str(,), mark=%str(%"));

Arguments

• len : desired length of the output list;
• item : (option) item to replicate in the list; default: item=1, i.e. the list will be composed of 1 only;
• mark, sep : (option) characters/strings used respectively as a "quote" and a separator in the input list; default: mark=str(%"), and" sep=%quote(,), i.e. the input clist is a comma-separated list of quote-enhanced items; see %clist_unquote for further details.

Returns

list : output list where item is replicated and concatenated len times.

Examples

Simple examples like:

%let res1= %clist_ones(5);
%let res2= %clist_ones(3, a);

return res1=("1","1","1","1","1") and res2=("a","a","a") respectively, while it is also possible:

%let x=1 2 3;
%let res1=%clist_ones(5, item=&x);

returns res1=("1","2","3","1","2","3","1","2","3","1","2","3","1","2","3").

Run macro %_example_clist_ones for more examples.

Note

The macro will not return exactly what you want if the symbol $ appears somewhere in the list. If you need to use $, you can reset the global macro variable G_PING_UNLIKELY_CHAR (see _setup_ file) to another dumb (unlikely) character of your own.

See also

%list_ones, %list_append, %list_index.