Date:         Mon, 22 Aug 2005 16:37:10 -0400
Reply-To:     "Howard Schreier <hs AT dc-sug DOT org>" <nospam@HOWLES.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Howard Schreier <hs AT dc-sug DOT org>" <nospam@HOWLES.COM>
Subject:      Re: DATA manipulation

The two are equivalent.

Parentheses may or may not look "better", but they do explicate the meaning
of the statement and the order of processing.

On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 11:42:58 -0700, data _null_; <datanull@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>Are you saying the results of these statments are different or that the
>second just looks better.
>
>> g&i = group = "g&i";
>  g&i = ( group = "g&i" );