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Understanding DATA Step Processing
Execution Phase


At the beginning of the execution phase, the value of _N_ is 1. Because there are no data errors, the value of _ERROR_ is 0. The remaining variables are initialized to missing.
     data perm.update;
        infile invent;
        input Item $ 1-13 IDnum $ 15-19
              Instock 21-22 BackOrd 24-25;
        Total=instock+backord;
     run;

DATA Step Processing Begins


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