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beatraca
Fluorite | Level 6

My doubt is the following:

 

 In the pdf you can see a exercise.

In the line that say 

 input style $ @; 

 this line want say that style is character and he @ that say that he read the same line not? 

Thanks

 

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Shmuel
Garnet | Level 18

relating to line: 

input style $ @;

means: read first variable in row and stay in same row until you get:

input <optional more variables> ;

the semi-colon ( ; ) tels SAS to skip to next row on next READ statement;

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LinusH
Tourmaline | Level 20

What does the documentation say?

The best way to fully understand syntax is to try them, adjust and see the difference in behaviour.

Data never sleeps
Shmuel
Garnet | Level 18

relating to line: 

input style $ @;

means: read first variable in row and stay in same row until you get:

input <optional more variables> ;

the semi-colon ( ; ) tels SAS to skip to next row on next READ statement;

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