Stops execution of the current DATA step.
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in a DATA step
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Action
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Executable
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The
STOP statement causes SAS to stop processing the current DATA step immediately
and resume processing statements after the end of the current DATA step.
SAS outputs a data set for the current
DATA step. However, the observation being processed when STOP executes is
not added. The STOP statement can be used alone or in an IF-THEN statement
or SELECT group.
Use STOP with any features that read SAS data sets using
random access methods, such as the POINT= option in the SET statement. Because
SAS does not detect an end-of-file with this access method, you must include
program statements to prevent continuous processing of the DATA step.
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When you use a windowing environment or other
interactive methods of operation, the ABORT statement and the STOP statement
both stop processing. The ABORT statement sets the value of the automatic
variable _ERROR_ to 1, but the STOP statement does not.
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In batch or noninteractive mode, the two statements
also have different effects. Use the STOP statement in batch or noninteractive
mode to continue processing with the next DATA or PROC step.
This example shows how to use STOP to avoid an infinite loop within a DATA
step when you are using random access methods:
data sample;
do sampleobs=1 to totalobs by 10;
set master.research point=sampleobs
nobs=totalobs;
output;
end;
stop;
run;
Statements:
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