Date:         Wed, 23 Jul 1997 11:10:10 -1000
Reply-To:     Chun Huang <chun@MANA.MEDSURF.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Chun Huang <chun@MANA.MEDSURF.COM>
Organization: Mana Institute
Subject:      Re: What does *proc mean ?
Comments: To: Wenxin Mao <mao@WHARTON.UPENN.EDU>
In-Reply-To:  <199707232059.KAA00548@rlfp.medsurf.com>

Date:          Wed, 23 Jul 1997 16:49:11 -0400
Reply-to:      Wenxin Mao <mao@WHARTON.UPENN.EDU>
From:          Wenxin Mao <mao@WHARTON.UPENN.EDU>
Subject:       What does *proc mean ?
To:            SAS-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
 
Recently I got a program, there is a statement:
 
*proc contents;
 
And this program really works. What does "*" mean here ?
 
Thank,
Mao
 
Hi, Wenxin:
 
I guess that is a comment statement. SAS programers often "comment
statements out" by preceding the statements with an asterisk. For
example, if you don't need the statements now but may use them later,
you don't have to delete them. Instead, you can put a * at the
beginning of the statements, thereby making them comment statements.
 
 
Chun Huang, Ph.D.
Hawaii Osteoporosis Center
401 Kamakee St.
Honolulu, HI 96814
USA
Email: chuang@mana.medsurf.com
Phone #: 808-592-2635