END FILE

END FILE is used in an INPUT PROGRAM—END INPUT PROGRAM structure to tell the program to stop reading data before it actually encounters the end of the file. END FILE can be used with END CASE to concatenate raw data files by causing the program to delay end-of-file processing until it has read multiple data files. END FILE can also be used with LOOP and END CASE to generate data without any data input.

END FILE

Example

INPUT PROGRAM.
DATA LIST FILE=PRICES /YEAR 1-4 QUARTER 6 PRICE 8-12(2).
DO IF (YEAR GE 1881).  /*Stop reading before 1881
END FILE.
END IF.
END INPUT PROGRAM.