Retirement tax questions

I found IRS Publication 915.  Page 16 has Worksheet 1, Figuring Your Social Security Benefits.  It does not contain the confusing Line 18, Line 19 problem.  Apparently Line 19 doesn't enter into it unless, possibly, there actually is an entry.  In this case there isn't one so instead of Line 19 being 0, Line 19 is ignored.  This was really confusing!