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vishalrajpoot3
Obsidian | Level 7

 

What is the meaning of +2 in below code ?

What will be the impact on output ?

 

data abc;
input Type $ 1-5 + 2 Color $;
datalines;
daisyyellow
;
run;

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Astounding
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Having just read columns 1 through 5 to get a value for TYPE, SAS is now positioned to look for the next variable starting at column 6.  The "+2" tells SAS to move two columns to the right, so it will start looking for a value for COLOR at column 8.

PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

It means that there are 2 ignored characters to the right of position 5 (the end of variable Type) before variable color is read.

 

What is the impact on the output? Some things are left for the user to figure out. A simple way to figure out what the impact on the output will be is to actually run the code.

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