Date:         Thu, 10 May 2012 03:21:46 -0700
Reply-To:     Steve Denham <stevedrd@yahoo.com>
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From:         Steve Denham <stevedrd@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: difference between run statement and quit in sas
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Add GLM to the list of interactive procs that use QUIT; as an end.


Steve Denham
Associate Director, Biostatistics
MPI Research, Inc.


>________________________________
>From: Daniel Nordlund <djnordlund@FRONTIER.COM>
>To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU 
>Sent: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 10:13 PM
>Subject: Re: difference between run statement and quit in sas
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Nat
>> Wooding
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 6:21 PM
>> To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>> Subject: Re: difference between run statement and quit in sas
>>
>>  The run statement is used to cause a preceeding proc or data step to
>> execute by defining a boundary on the step. This automatically happens to
>> each proc or data step as the next step is encountered but if you simply
>> ran
>> the code
>>
>> Proc Print;
>>
>> Nothing would happen since a step boundary has not been reached. The one
>> exception to this rule is if the proc or data step was the last code in a
>> batch submitted job.
>>
>> Quit statements are use to stop the running of a small set of Procs that
>> continue to run until otherwise stopped. This includes SQL, some or all of
>> the graphics procs, and, if memory serves, datastep.
>>
>> Nat Wooding
>
>SAS procs that allows interactive use require a QUIT to exit the proc.  In addition to those that Nat mentioned, DATASETS, REG, and IML also use QUIT to end the procedure.  I don't know if there is a readily available list of procedures requiring the use of QUIT.
>
>Hope this is helpful,
>
>Dan
>
>Daniel Nordlund
>Bothell, WA USA
>
>
>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
>> SUBSCRIBE SAS-L Anonymous
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 9:02 PM
>> To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>> Subject: difference between run statement and quit in sas
>>
>> Hi ALL,
>>
>> please help me
>>
>> what is difference between run statement and quit in sas
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