DATA Step Statements

Executable and Declarative Statements

DATA step statements are executable or declarative statements that can appear in the DATA step. Executable statements result in some action during individual iterations of the DATA step; declarative statements supply information to SAS and take effect when the system compiles program statements.

The following tables show the SAS executable and declarative statements that you can use in the DATA step.

Executable Statements in the DATA Step

Executable Statements
ABORT	IF, Subsetting	PUT, Column
Array Reference	IF-THEN/ELSE	PUT, Formatted
Assignment	INFILE	PUT, List
CALL	INPUT	PUT, Named
CONTINUE	GO TO	PUT
DECLARE	INPUT, Column	PUT, ODS
DELETE	INPUT, Formatted	PUTLOG
DESCRIBE	INPUT, List	REDIRECT
DISPLAY	INPUT, Named	REMOVE
DO	LEAVE	REPLACE
DO, Iterative	LINK	RESETLINE
DO UNTIL	LIST	RETURN
DO WHILE	LOSTCARD	SELECT
ERROR	MERGE	SET
EXECUTE	MODIFY	STOP
FILE	Null	Sum
FILE, ODS	OUTPUT	UPDATE

Declarative Statements in the DATA Step

Declarative Statements
ARRAY	DATALINES4	Labels, Statement
ATTRIB	DROP	LENGTH
BY	END	RENAME
CARDS	FORMAT	RETAIN
CARDS4	INFORMAT	WHERE
DATA	KEEP	WINDOW
DATALINES	LABEL

DATA step statements can be grouped into six functional categories. For a list of DATA step statements by category, see DATA Step Statements by Category.