Date:         Thu, 30 Apr 1998 07:23:52 -0600
Reply-To:     jan.peake@RRMC.CO.UK
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         jan.peake@RRMC.CO.UK
Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion
Subject:      PUT Statement problems

Can somebody tell me how the "c" part in the code below works ?  It is a
program that has been wrote by a former coleague.  What I cannot understand is
how the "c" value changes to 2 and 3....
 
I have spent a lot of time looking through the manuals and can find nothing
relating to a "c" command within the put statement, but I cant see how it
would increment unless it was part of the datastep function...
 
Jan.
 
 
 
  retain lincount 0;
 
  if first.item then do; c=1;
                     if seq=0 then seq=1;
                 if 53-lincount lt (seq+3) then do;
                      put _page_; lincount=seq+3; end;
       else if 53-lincount=seq+3 then lincount=seq+3;
       else lincount=lincount+seq+3;
 
      put @1 vin @19 serial 9. @29 deal @34 clno @41 miles 7.
          @49 dd z2. @51 '/' @52 mm z2. @54 '/' @55 yy z2.
          @58 def10 @69 desc8 @88 partno
          @107 matl comma7.2 @130 mr;
  end;
  if c=2 then put @5 date @69 desc10 @;
 
  if c=3 then put @58 rep9 @69 desc9  @;
 
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