Pat, Before my first cup of coffee, I'll suggest: . . ARRAY _P P1-P600; INPUT NPAY IB4. @; DO PTR=1 TO NPAY; INPUT _P(PTR) IB4. @; END; INPUT; * Not really required with @, only with @@;

Tim Berryhill - Contract Programmer and General Wizard TWB2@PGE.COM or http://www.lookup.com/Homepages/92062/home.html Frequently at Pacific Gas & Electric Co., San Francisco The correlation coefficient between their views and my postings is slightly less than 0 ----------------------[Reply - Original Message]---------------------- Sent by:brownp@SSC.WISC.EDU RE: Complex input statement. Can I do this? How?

I have observations in which one line of data holds up to 600 payment histories. I also have a variable (NPAY) which indicates the number of payment histories on the record.