DO Loop

swayto — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 07:58:02 GMT

data work.sales;
do year=1 to 5;
X+1;
end;
run;

Want do know the difference between STOP and STORE values.

Is 5 the STOP value and 6 is the STORE value, i mine right?

Re: DO Loop

Kurt_Bremser — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 08:03:28 GMT

@swayto wrote:

data work.sales;
do year=1 to 5;
X+1;
end;
run;

Want do know the difference between STOP and STORE values.

Is 5 the STOP value and 6 is the STORE value, i mine right?

Correct. In machine language, this do loop translates to this:

set year to 1
:start
if year > 5, jump to end
add 1 to x
add 1 to year
jump to start
:end

so the loop variable has to be in(de)cremented past the end value for the do loop to stop.

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Re: DO Loop