data work.sales;do year=1 to 5;X+1;end;run;
Want do know the difference between STOP and STORE values.
Is 5 the STOP value and 6 is the STORE value, i mine right?
@swayto wrote: data work.sales;do year=1 to 5;X+1;end;run; Want do know the difference between STOP and STORE values. Is 5 the STOP value and 6 is the STORE value, i mine right?
Correct. In machine language, this do loop translates to this:
set year to 1 :start if year > 5, jump to end add 1 to x add 1 to year jump to start :end
so the loop variable has to be in(de)cremented past the end value for the do loop to stop.
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