topic Re: input +1 in SAS Studio

input +1

ying2 — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 22:41:19 GMT

Hi,

I am new to SAS. The question might be stupid but I really need to know the answer.

The code is

data score;

input student $9. +1 StudentID $;

datalines;

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

run;

what is the function of "+1" here??

Thank you for your help in advance

SASKiwi — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 00:33:38 GMT

These types of questions are explained in the documentation - see example 1 in the link below:

If the documentation isn't clear then by all means ask for clarification.

I suggest you bookmark documentation.sas.com for future reference.

JackHamilton — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 18:28:07 GMT

If you know where to look, it's easy to find the answer, yes.

In this case, you have to know to look under the input statement; search for "+", and there's the answer.

But if you don't know to look under the input statement? The documentation is of no help. Not all special characters are indexed.