• <GetStart>
  • CSPro User's Guide
    • The CSPro System
    • Data Dictionary Module
    • The CSPro Language
      • Introduction to CSPro Language
      • Data Requirements
      • CSPro Program Structure
      • Programming Standards
      • Code Folding
      • Debugging CSPro Applications
      • Declaration Section
      • Procedural Sections
      • Logic
      • Language Elements
        • Version
        • Delimiters
        • Comments
        • Preprocessor
        • Variables and Constants
          • Data Items
          • This Item ($)
          • Subscripts
          • Numbers
          • Boolean Values
          • Special Values
          • Refused Value
          • String Literals
          • Newline Handling
        • Expressions
        • Operators
        • Files
        • Miscellaneous
    • Data Entry Module
    • Batch Editing Applications
    • Tabulation Applications
    • Data Sources
    • CSPro Statements and Functions
    • Templated Reporting System
    • HTML and JavaScript Integration
    • Action Invoker
    • Appendix
  • <CSEntry>
  • <CSBatch>
  • <CSTab>
  • <DataViewer>
  • <TextView>
  • <TblView>
  • <CSFreq>
  • <CSDeploy>
  • <CSPack>
  • <CSDiff>
  • <CSConcat>
  • <Excel2CSPro>
  • <CSExport>
  • <CSIndex>
  • <CSReFmt>
  • <CSSort>
  • <ParadataConcat>
  • <ParadataViewer>
  • <CSCode>
  • <CSDocument>
  • <CSView>
  • <CSWeb>

This Item ($)

The dollar sign ($) is a short way of referring to a data item if used within that data item's procedure.
Pressing Ctrl + 4 (4 is where the dollar sign is on many keyboards) will insert the name into the logic buffer.
Example
PROC AGE

    if MARITAL_STATUS > 1 then // ever married

        if $ < 12 then // the same as AGE < 12
            errmsg("Person too young (%d) to be married",$);
        endif;

    endif;