first preference goes to run; next - placement of ; if you use datalines

Identify statements whose placement in the DATA step is
critical?

Question Posted / vijay

Answer Posted / vijay

first preference goes to run;
next - placement of ; if you use datalines
next - use of infile and input
next - use of retain and length statements

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