Scripting Guide - SAS

Chapter 9 Data Tables 275
Manipulating Columns
The returned value is a name value, not a quoted string. What this means is you can use it anywhere you
would normally use the actual name in a script. For example, you could subscript it:
column name(2)[1];
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If you want the name as a text string, just quote it with Char:
char(column name(2));
"age"
To retrieve a list of the names of all columns in a data table, submit Get Column Names.
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