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SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

Definition

A SAS statement is a series of items that may include keywords, SAS names, special characters, and operators. All SAS statements end with a semicolon. A SAS statement either requests SAS to perform an operation or gives information to the system.

This book covers two kinds of SAS statements:

those used in DATA step programming
those that are global in scope and can be used anywhere in a SAS program.

The SAS Procedures Guide gives detailed descriptions of the SAS statements that are specific to each SAS procedure.

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