https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/what-is-dummy/m-p/40371#M8209 Please share some code where you see this reference being used.<BR /> <BR /> Scott Barry<BR /> SBBWorks, Inc. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:18:45 GMT sbb 2008-08-20T15:18:45Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/what-is-dummy/m-p/40370#M8208 hi all,<BR /> <BR /> what is _dummy_ in sas?<BR /> is it any type of keyword in sas like _null_ , _n_ etc..<BR /> <BR /> plz help me. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:28:42 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/what-is-dummy/m-p/40370#M8208 Pavan_SAS 2008-08-20T03:28:42Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/what-is-dummy/m-p/40371#M8209 Please share some code where you see this reference being used.<BR /> <BR /> Scott Barry<BR /> SBBWorks, Inc. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:18:45 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/what-is-dummy/m-p/40371#M8209 sbb 2008-08-20T15:18:45Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/what-is-dummy/m-p/40372#M8210 Hi Pavan,<BR /> <BR /> I have seen some code use _dummy_ to read in extraneous characters, or move to the next legitimate field while reading in a file.<BR /> <BR /> I don't think it's a sas keyword, I think it's just some folks' convention for a "throw-away" variable.<BR /> <BR /> Kiko Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:24:53 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/what-is-dummy/m-p/40372#M8210 deleted_user 2008-08-30T03:24:53Z