Copying Information from Compound Variables to a Data Set

To copy 10 compound variables with the stem newvar., regardless of how many items are in the list, write the following instructions.

Note: An uninitialized compound variable will default to the value of its name. For example, if newvar.9 and newvar.10 do not contain values, the data set will receive the values NEWVAR.9 and NEWVAR.10.

Copying from Compound Variables

"ALLOC DA(new.data) F(outdd) LIKE(old.data) NEW"
"EXECIO 10 DISKW outdd (STEM NEWVAR."