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Format of NCL Statements

NCL statements are coded as free-format, 80-character records where the first 72 characters contain the statement syntax and the last 8 characters can contain optional statement sequence numbers that, if present, are used in error messages generated by NCL.

An NCL procedure can contain statements that are completely blank. These are useful for visual layout when reading a procedure and are ignored when the procedure is executed.