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SAS Component Language: Reference |
SCL provides all of the program control statements of the base SAS language. However, many base SAS language statements that relate to the creation and manipulation of SAS tables and external files are absent in SCL. In their place, SCL provides an extensive set of language elements for manipulating SAS tables and external files. These elements are described in Using SAS Tables and in Using External Files.
SCL also provides CLASS and INTERFACE statements, which enable you to design and build true object-oriented applications. CLASS statements enable you to define classes from which you can create new objects. The INTERFACE statement enables you to define how applications can communicate with these objects.
Executable and Declarative Statements |
As in the base SAS language, SCL statements are either executable or declarative.
The Assignment Statement |
The assignment statement in SCL works like the assignment statement in base SAS except:
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