Statements |
Valid: | anywhere |
Category: | Log Control |
Syntax | |
Arguments | |
Details | |
Examples |
Syntax |
*message; |
or |
/*message*/ |
specifies the text that explains or documents the statement or program.
specifies the text that explains or documents the statement or program.
Details |
You can use the comment statement anywhere in a SAS program to document the purpose of the program, explain unusual segments of the program, or describe steps in a complex program or calculation. SAS ignores text in comment statements during processing.
In some operating environments, SAS might interpret a /* in columns 1 and 2 as a request to end the SAS program or session.
Note: You can add these lines to your code to fix unmatched comment tags, unmatched quotation marks, and missing semicolons.
/* '; * "; */; quit; run;
Examples |
These examples illustrate the two types of comments:
This example uses the *message; format:
*This code finds the number in the BY group;
This example uses the *message; format:
*---------------------------------------* | This uses one comment statement | | to draw a box. | *---------------------------------------*;
This example uses the /*message*/ format:
input @1 name $20. /* last name */ @200 test 8. /* score test */ @50 age 3.; /* customer age */
This example uses the /*message*/ format:
/* For example 1 use: x=abc; for example 2 use: y=ghi; */
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