Global Statements Dictionary
wh
WHEN
Data step statement. Ref: PSPPR:Data step statements. PSPL:Control Flow:Logical Constructions. SLRD:Statements.
Keyword in SQL CASE operator.
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate variable. Positions objects in front of or behind the graph they are added to.
WHERE
Dataset option. Ref: PSPPR:Files:Dataset Options. PSPL:Options for SAS Datasets:Indexes. SLRD:Data Set Options.
Data/proc step statement. Ref: PSPPR:Data Step Statements; Proc Step Statements PSPL:SAS Dataset I/O:Updating a SAS Dataset in the Data Step. SLRD:Statements.
WHERE clause
n.
1. an SQL clause that selects rows from a table, written as the keyword WHERE and a WHERE expression.
2. the use of a WHERE expression to select observations or rows from a SAS dataset or table.
WHERE expression
n.
the expression in a WHERE clause, used as a condition that selects observations to use in a SAS dataset or SQL table.
WHERE operator
n.
an operator whose use is permitted in a WHERE expression, but not in a data step expression.
WHEREUP
Dataset option. Ref: PSPPR:Files:Dataset Options. PSPL:Options for SAS Datasets:Indexes. SLRD:Data Set Options.
WHITE
Color.
whitespace
(hwIt' spAs') n.
characters such as the space character, tab character, and control characters for line breaks, that are not themselves visible, but affect the positioning of other characters when a text file is displayed. In a computer program, whitespace characters indicate a division between tokens.
whole number
(ho^l' num' bur) n.
a number that can be the result of counting, as 0, 1, 2, 3, . . .; a positive integer or zero.
