Date:         Thu, 26 Sep 2002 12:18:12 -0400
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Subject:      Re: ENDIT:
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On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 15:43:27 GMT, "Andre' L. Micheaux"
<andre.micheaux@att.net> wrote:

>I am reviewing some old SAS code and have come across ENDIT:
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>I do not see this in the SAS Reference book version 6.
>
>What is this, and do I really need it:  I always end a DATA step with RUN ;

here is a hint GOTO ENDIT;  the clue is the : which you will find
documented.

but im kinda surprised there wasnt an error, i always code my lables
as

ENDIT:;
(notice the semi) to hang the lable onto a "null statement" to make it
easier to move around. i thought lables had to be associated with a
statment,  and your references makes it seem as if it were the last
chars of the datastep.

instead of an endit you may find references like eof= on and infile
statment, or header= on a file statment. these are implicit gotos on
internal states.

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>Andre'
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