Processing a DATA Step That Creates One Observation per Header Record
During the compile phase, the variable type is flagged so that
later it can be dropped. The value for Address and Total (SUM
statement) are retained.
As
the execution begins, _N_ is 1 and last is 0. Total is 0 because of
the sum statement.
Now
the value for type is read, the condition type='H' is true, and
therefore the statements in the DO group execute.
The condition ...
Get SAS Certification Prep Guide: Base Programming for SAS 9, Third Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
