这是绝对位置的用法之一:@(expression),相同功能的是相对位置的用法:+(expression)
使用这两种column pointer control时:
When a column pointer control tries to move the pointer to a position before the beginning of the record, the pointer is positioned in column 1. For example, this INPUT statement specifies that the pointer is located in column -2 after the first value is read:
当(expression)计算为缺失或者负值(本例中A为缺失,所以A-7也是缺失),@(expression)就将指针指向第一列,也就是数据行的开头位置,不过需要注意的是expression不能直接写成.或者负值,但是允许计算值为负值或缺失