title: Executing SAS Code from string in dataset
body: <p>Is it possible to read (and execute) SAS code that is stored in a string in a SAS Dataset.</p>
  
  <p>For example, the dataset 'CODE' contains a string variable, which contains</p>
  
  <pre><code>"IF TOTAL_SALES GE 20000 AND TYPE IN ('A', 'B', 'C') THEN VAR1 = 'Y' ;"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Can I do something like?</p>
  
  <pre><code>data sales ;
  set sales ;
  /* run the if statement above */
  run ;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Using SAS 9.2</p>