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SAS 9.4 Language Reference, Second Edition
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SAS 9.4 Language Reference, Second Edition

by SAS Institute
December 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
824 pages
24h 21m
English
SAS Institute
Content preview from SAS 9.4 Language Reference, Second Edition
Automatic variables that are created by specific statements are documented with those
statements. For examples, see the “BY Statement” in SAS Statements: Reference, the
“MODIFY Statement” in SAS Statements: Reference, and “WINDOW Statement” in
SAS Statements: Reference.
Two automatic variables are created by every DATA step: _N_ and _ERROR_.
_N_
is initially set to 1. Each time the DATA step loops past the DATA statement, the
variable _N_ increments by 1. The value of _N_ represents the number of times the
DATA step has iterated.
_ERROR_
is 0 by default but is set to 1 whenever an error is encountered, such as an input data
error, a conversion error, ...
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