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Date:         Fri, 19 Jul 2002 13:06:09 +0200
Reply-To:     Ace <b.rogers@VIRGIN.NET>
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From:         Ace <b.rogers@VIRGIN.NET>
Subject:      Re: Else else else
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On Fri, 19 Jul 2002 06:43:06 -0400,  "Richard A. DeVenezia"
<radevenz@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>"Ace" <b.rogers@virgin.net> wrote in message
>news:6phfjuod92409qeijotrqhj3g00me5ucv5@4ax.com...
>> Found a wierd 'undocumented feature' in SAS - reapeating the word
>> 'else' dont't generate any error or even warning statements.
>>
>> data;
>> if 1 = 2 then x = 33;
>> else
>> else
>> else
>> else
>> else
>> else x=44 ;
>> put x ;
>> run;
>>
>> runs absolutely fine in V6 & 8, windows & unix. This can't be
>> intentional, can it?

>Very interesting!
>The same behaviour occurs in macro.

>Repeated then's are also accepted by the language parser.

Hmm, they're not accepted in data step. Neither of them is allwed in
SCL either.

>Maybe one of the developers is a stutterer ? :)

<G>
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