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Hi

 

Using SAS 7.1, what is the difference between "Else" and "Else Do"

 

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SASKiwi
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You use ELSE for a single statement, ELSE DO with an END statement for multiple statements.

 

 

RW9
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It is called a block.  If you have one statement after the conditonal you just put the one statement.  If you have multiple statements then they become a block, defined by do end.  See the documentation:

http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrdict/64316/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a000201951.htm

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