Commands That Are Not Specific to UNIX |
Shifts to the left a designated block of lines of text.
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Text editing, line command
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The (( command
shifts a designated block of lines of text one space to the left.
- n
-
specifies the number of spaces that the designated block
of lines of text shifts. The default is one space. Follow the n argument with a space. You can specify the numeric argument
in the beginning or ending line of the block command, or in both. If it is
specified in both, SAS uses the first numeric argument.
The (( command shifts a designated block of lines of text
one or more spaces to the left. If the shift extends past the beginning of
the current line, characters are lost.
The ) and )) commands shift text in the opposite direction
from the ( and (( commands. The <, <<, >, and >> commands are similar
text-shift commands, but they do not lose characters when shifting.
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