BNET Procedure

INPUT Statement

INPUT variables </LEVEL=INTERVAL | NOMINAL > ;

The INPUT statement specifies one or more variables as input variables. You can specify multiple INPUT statements. If the INPUT statement contains a duplicate variable, PROC BNET considers the variable as input variable and ignores the repetitions. You can specify the following option in each INPUT statement:

LEVEL=INTERVAL | NOMINAL

specifies the type of all the variables in the current INPUT statement. You can specify the following values:

NOMINAL: treats all the variables in the current INPUT statement as nominal variables.
INTERVAL: treats all the variables in the current INPUT statement as interval variables.

By default, LEVEL=INTERVAL for numeric variables and LEVEL=NOMINAL for categorical variables.

Last updated: September 04, 2026