topic Re: INPUT statement in New SAS User https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/INPUT-statement/m-p/659053#M22686 Thanks. it is quite clear. Mon, 15 Jun 2020 17:02:38 GMT zihdonv19 2020-06-15T17:02:38Z INPUT statement https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/INPUT-statement/m-p/659049#M22684 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="zihdonv19_0-1592240160610.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://communities.sas.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/43235iA80F2918C60CF57D/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="zihdonv19_0-1592240160610.png" alt="zihdonv19_0-1592240160610.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>What does "@" mean in the 4th row in the above coding?</P><P>Thanks!</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 15 Jun 2020 16:56:56 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/INPUT-statement/m-p/659049#M22684 zihdonv19 2020-06-15T16:56:56Z Re: INPUT statement https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/INPUT-statement/m-p/659052#M22685 <P>It means hold the line, so that when INPUT is called again (in the IF statement) it reads the same line again rather than going to the next line.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/332712">@zihdonv19</a>&nbsp;wrote:<BR /> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="zihdonv19_0-1592240160610.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://communities.sas.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/43235iA80F2918C60CF57D/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="zihdonv19_0-1592240160610.png" alt="zihdonv19_0-1592240160610.png" /></span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>What does "@" mean in the 4th row in the above coding?</P> <P>Thanks!</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <HR /></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 15 Jun 2020 17:00:38 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/INPUT-statement/m-p/659052#M22685 Reeza 2020-06-15T17:00:38Z Re: INPUT statement https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/INPUT-statement/m-p/659053#M22686 Thanks. it is quite clear. Mon, 15 Jun 2020 17:02:38 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/INPUT-statement/m-p/659053#M22686 zihdonv19 2020-06-15T17:02:38Z