DATA Step Debugger

JUMP

Restarts execution of a suspended program.

Category:	Controlling Program Execution
Alias:	J

Syntax
Arguments
Details
Examples
See Also

Syntax

JUMP line-number | label

Arguments

line-number: indicates the number of a program line at which to restart the suspended program.
label: is a statement label. Execution resumes at the statement following the label.

Details

The JUMP command moves program execution to the specified location without executing intervening statements. After executing JUMP, you must restart execution with GO or STEP. You can jump to any executable statement in the DATA step.

CAUTION:: Do not use the JUMP command to jump to a statement inside a DO loop or to a label that is the target of a LINK-RETURN group.
In such cases you bypass the controls set up at the beginning of the loop or in the LINK statement, and unexpected results can appear.

JUMP is useful in two situations:

when you want to bypass a section of code that is causing problems in order to concentrate on another section. In this case, use the JUMP command to move to a point in the DATA step after the problematic section.
when you want to re-execute a series of statements that have caused problems. In this case, use JUMP to move to a point in the DATA step before the problematic statements and use the SET command to reset values of the relevant variables to the values they had at that point. Then re-execute those statements with STEP or GO.

Examples

Jump to line 5:
```
j 5
```