Date:         Thu, 5 Feb 1998 08:16:59 -0500
Reply-To:     Schechter Robert RS <robert.schecter@PHWILM.ZENECA.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Schechter Robert RS <robert.schecter@PHWILM.ZENECA.COM>
Subject:      Re: Stop
Comments: To: Peter Graham <grahapj@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>

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>From:  Peter Graham[SMTP:grahapj@WORLDNET.ATT.NET]
>Sent:  Wednesday, February 04, 1998 3:29 PM
>To:    SAS-L@VTVM1.zen.com
>Subject:       Stop
>
>Nicolas Pont wrote:
>>
>>
>> To test the return code: if symgetn('retcode') Ne 0  // it means that your
>> procedure can't process
>>                                             then stop
>
>To which       Peter Graham's account (Myra Oltsik?) asks:
>Is there really a procedure to halt of pause a program such as:
>
>     then stop
     then wait
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Yes there is a STOP statement (as well as an ABORT). There is a WAIT
option of the FILENAME statement, but is used to control how long to
wait while SAS tries to reacquire a reserved data set (check your SAS
Companion for more details on this one).
 
HTH,
 
>Robert Schechter,
>Systems Engineer,
>Pharmaceutical Information Services,
>Zeneca Pharmaceuticals
>(302) 886-5561
>mailto:Robert.Schecter@usphwilm.zeneca.com