https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/double-trailing/m-p/492208#M129316 <P><STRONG>A single&nbsp;@</STRONG>&nbsp;<SPAN>holds an input record for the execution of the next input statement within the same iteration of the step.</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN><STRONG>Two @s</STRONG> holds the input record for the execution of the next input statement across iterations of the data step.</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN>I took that almost directly from the <A href="http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrdict/64316/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a000146292.htm" target="_self">SAS Data Step Documentation on the INPUT Statement</A>.&nbsp;</SPAN></P> Tue, 04 Sep 2018 06:59:26 GMT PeterClemmensen 2018-09-04T06:59:26Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/double-trailing/m-p/492206#M129315 <P>What is the purpose of the&nbsp;@@? how is it different from&nbsp;@?</P> Tue, 04 Sep 2018 06:46:44 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/double-trailing/m-p/492206#M129315 clq 2018-09-04T06:46:44Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/double-trailing/m-p/492208#M129316 <P><STRONG>A single&nbsp;@</STRONG>&nbsp;<SPAN>holds an input record for the execution of the next input statement within the same iteration of the step.</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN><STRONG>Two @s</STRONG> holds the input record for the execution of the next input statement across iterations of the data step.</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN>I took that almost directly from the <A href="http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrdict/64316/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a000146292.htm" target="_self">SAS Data Step Documentation on the INPUT Statement</A>.&nbsp;</SPAN></P> Tue, 04 Sep 2018 06:59:26 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/double-trailing/m-p/492208#M129316 PeterClemmensen 2018-09-04T06:59:26Z