topic Re: Compiled Macro Error in SAS Programming

Compiled Macro Error

shl007 — Fri, 03 May 2019 16:24:54 GMT

The code below is running the macro successfully; however, after the macro executes, I get a line column error. The error is further down. Any ideas why?

options mprint; 
libname mymacros "<mypath>";

options mstored sasmstore=mymacros;

%test()

180: LINE and COLUMN cannot be determined.
NOTE: NOSPOOL is on. Rerunning with OPTION SPOOL might allow recovery of the LINE and COLUMN where the error has occurred.
ERROR 180-322: Statement is not valid or it is used out of proper order.

Re: Compiled Macro Error

Tom — Fri, 03 May 2019 16:28:14 GMT

Turn on MPRINT option to see what code the macro is generating.

That might help you figure out what is happening.

Debugging would be MUCH easier if you were not using compiled macros since you could look at the source code for the macro and see if you could find the error. Do you have access to the source code that was used to generate the compiled macro catalog?

Re: Compiled Macro Error

andreas_lds — Fri, 03 May 2019 16:32:40 GMT

You need to enable the options spool, mprint, symbolgen and mlogic and post the complete log of the execution using the window opened by the {i}-button.