topic Re: What does "+" mean below? in SAS Programming

What does "+" mean below?

GN0001 — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 23:06:30 GMT

proc sql;

create table mytable as

select distinct compress (code, ". ") as beginning , "+" as label,

.............................

Quit;

Regards,

blueblue

Re: What does "+" mean below?

tarheel13 — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 23:35:54 GMT

you created a column called label and assigned it as "+" in mytable.

Re: What does "+" mean below?

PaigeMiller — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 00:46:44 GMT

@GN0001 wrote:

proc sql;

create table mytable as

select distinct compress (code, ". ") as beginning , "+" as label,

.............................

Quit;

Regards,

blueblue

For variable label, the value of "+" is assigned to every row.