What is the purpose of the trailing @? The @@? How would you
use them?

Answer Posted / sunil

The trailing at sign (@) holds the input record for the
execution of the next INPUT statement.

The double trailing at sign (@@) holds the input record for
the execution of the next INPUT statement, even across
iterations of the DATA step.

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