/* Comments*/
* comments are useful to make notes to yourself in the program editor.;
* comments won't be run but don't show up in the output window but rather the log window;

*comments can be used to try running a portion of code without a particular statement;

* The DATA step: ;

data work.example1;
input car1 var2 var3;
cards;
5 2 3
10 5 2
;
run;

proc print data=example1;
run;

* here I could comment out the PROC PRINT so it doesn't run;

* another way to read the data with a different statement;
* I used CARDS before and now will use DATALINES. Both work;
* here I will also omit the library name (it was WORK before -- it still is WORK);

data example1;
input car1 var2 var3;
datalines;
5 2 3
10 5 2
;
run;

*proc print data=example1;
*run;

* I commented out the PROC PRINT since it was already ran;