I think you are talking the @/@@ at the end of input statement.
In short,
input x y z @; *** sas will hold this line
input x y z @@; *** sas will go to next line to get data if there is no data elements left in current line.
Here is a simple example. But you need read SAS manual to understand them better. I think 3/4 of sas programmer do not fully understand them.
data t1;
input x y z @;
output;
input x y z @;
output;
cards;
1 2 3 1 2 3
4 5 6 4 5 6
;
proc print; run;
data t1;
input x y z;
output;
input x y z;
output;
cards;
1 2 3 1 2 3
4 5 6 4 5 6
;