topic Re: What is the difference between statement and function? in SAS Programming

What is the difference between statement and function?

rajeshalwayswel — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 09:03:00 GMT

Re: What is the difference between statement and function?

RW9 — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 09:25:05 GMT

Read the manual?

https://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lestmtsref/63323/HTML/default/viewer.htm#titlepage.htm

http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi24/Begtutor/p57-24.pdf

Re: What is the difference between statement and function?

SimonDawson — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 12:31:32 GMT

Within the SAS language and documentation the words statement and function do conform to the definitions I've found on Wikipedia that describe the terms broadly as they apply to computing and programming in general.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statement_(computer_science)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subroutine a.k.a. function

 myvariable = ranuni(0);
              ^^^^^^^^^    <= function (call)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   <= statement