ds_change

Rename one or more datasets in the same SAS library.

%ds_change(olddsn, newdsn, lib=WORK);

Arguments

• olddsn : (list of) old name(s) of reference dataset(s);
• newdsn : (list of) new name(s); must be of the same length as olddsn;
• lib : (option) name of the library where the dataset(s) is (are) stored; default: lib=WORK.

Note

In short, this macro runs:

PROC DATASETS lib=&lib;
    %do i=1 %to %list_length(&olddsn);
        CHANGE %scan(&olddsn,&i)=%scan(&newdsn,&i);
    %end;
quit;

See also

%ds_rename, CHANGE.