SKIP keyword

The SKIP keyword lets you skip a number of segment occurrences.

For DDEP segments, a specific number of segment occurrences under a parent, and for root segments, a specific number of root segment occurrences in a synonym chain under a RAP. For SDEP segments, this keyword is only valid with SDEPHIER=NO, and the keyword lets you skip a specific number of segments starting from the first CI of the SDEP part.

SKIP is an optional keyword for the OUTPUT statement of ODE. If this keyword is specified, it must be assigned a value.

Format:
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integer
Bypass the indicated number of segments before processing data. The integer you specify must be in the range of 1 through 9999999.
Default:
None.
Site default support:
Not supported.
Restrictions:
  • This keyword must be preceded by a valid OUTPUT SEG= specification.
  • Dependents of parents bypassed due to SKIP are not selected.
  • You cannot have multiple values for the SKIP keyword specified for the same segment name. If you do specify multiple values, only the last valid occurrence of the SKIP keyword will be in effect.
  • If more than one of the STOPAFT, SKIP, or EVERY keywords is specified, SKIP is applied first, then EVERY, and then STOPAFT.
  • SELECT statement criteria are evaluated before SKIP. Only matched segments are counted. Counts are maintained for segment occurrences under a single parent and are reset when parentage changes.
  • If DEPENDENTS is specified in the preceding SEG keyword, the SKIP keyword cannot be specified.