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data voter;
input Age Party : $1. (Ques1-Ques4)($1. + 1);
datalines;
23 D 1 1 2 2
45 R 5 5 4 1
67 D 2 4 3 3
39 R 4 4 4 4
19 D 2 1 2 1
75 D 3 3 2 3
57 R 4 3 4 4
;

Idont understand what the (Ques1-Ques4)($1. + 1) means.

I have seen (Ques1-Ques4)(4*$1.), but what is
(Ques1-Ques4)($1. + 1)?

Appreciate all help

Thanks

Question Posted / iammdeepak

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data voter; input Age Party : $1. (Ques1-Ques4)($1. + 1); datalines; 23 D 1 1 2 2 45 R 5 5 4 1 ..

Answer / nbohr02

You are read data for a 4 question poll
(Q1-Q4) is an arrary ($1. is the format of each element
+1) tells sas to increment the array index for each line.

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data voter; input Age Party : $1. (Ques1-Ques4)($1. + 1); datalines; 23 D 1 1 2 2 45 R 5 5 4 1 ..

Answer / tsk

You are read data for a 4 question poll
(Q1-Q4) is an arrary ($1. is the format of each element
+1) tells that space b/n the each and every variable called
q1 ,q2 ,q3 ,q4.

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data voter; input Age Party : $1. (Ques1-Ques4)($1. + 1); datalines; 23 D 1 1 2 2 45 R 5 5 4 1 ..

Answer / naveen

In this example you have to read the data after the party
variable specifying the numeric variables (Ques1-Ques4).
This way is possible only for numeric variables. $1.
specifying the column range(width of the data value) and +1
refers to eliminate the non required data.

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