SAS Certification Prep Guide: Base Programming for SAS 9, Third Edition

Grouping Statements Using DO Groups

Overview

So far in this chapter, you've seen examples of conditional processing (IF-THEN/ELSE statements and SELECT groups) that execute only a single SAS statement when a condition is true. However, you can also execute a group of statements as a unit by using DO groups.

To construct a DO group, you use the DO and END statements along with other SAS statements.

General form, simple DO group: DO; SAS statements END; where the DO statement begins DO group processing SAS statements between the DO and END statements are called a DO group and execute as a unit the END statement terminates DO group processing. You can nest DO statements within DO groups.

You can use DO groups ...