topic Re: SAS getting closed when i run this code. in SAS Programming

SAS getting closed when i run this code.

kuridisanjeev — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:46:48 GMT

Hi All..

SAS getting automatically closed when i run this bellow code..

Is this a bug???Any IDEA???

Proc Format;

value xyz

1="Yes"

2="NO";

run;

Now i supposed to add one more value to this format for the value 3.

i am writing code like this..

Proc Format;

value xyz

3="Don't know"

other=[xyz.];

run;

Actually in above code i have to specify new format name,but i forgot and i did't get any error too.

Now i am applying this format to a dataset;

data a;

input x;

format x xyz.;

cards;

;

run;

i really wondered after running above code ,because SAS getting Closed automatically.i tried this for couple of times but same result.

Why this is happening???

Any Idea about this????

Thanks &Regards..

Sanjeev.K

Re: SAS getting closed when i run this code.

AncaTilea — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:51:37 GMT

I ran the code below (your code, with a very small modification -- in bold) and in worked.

Proc Format;

value xyz

1="Yes"

2="No"

;

quit;

proc format;

value abc 3="Don't know"

other = [xyz.]

;

quit;

data a;

input x;

format x abc.;

cards;

;

run;

Can you give more details about what SAS version you are using?

Re: SAS getting closed when i run this code.

kuridisanjeev — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:01:25 GMT

Hi..

Thanks For your response..

Am using SAS 9.2 version now

and coming to your code modification,

i mentioned in my post as "Actually in above code i have to specify new format name,but i forgot and i did't get any error too".

so I too changed format name and it worked perfectly.

But my question is why SAS getting closed when i run previous code.????

Re: SAS getting closed when i run this code.

AncaTilea — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:04:59 GMT

When I ran your original code it did not close SAS.

Not sure what may have been the issue.

Glad it's working now; but it would be good to know what caused SAS to behave this way.

Best of luck!

Re: SAS getting closed when i run this code.

kuridisanjeev — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:06:16 GMT

Which Version are you using..???

Re: SAS getting closed when i run this code.

AncaTilea — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:10:21 GMT

I am using 9.3.

But my coworker just ran it on 9.2 and it closed.

Weird.

Re: SAS getting closed when i run this code.

Astounding — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:15:22 GMT

The original program had a recursive format definition ... to look up a value in the XYZ format, look for "3" and if it's not there then look in the XYZ format. That this situation closed SAS looks like a bug that was fixed in 9.3. I would expect that 9.3 gives you some sort of related message when you try the original code.

Re: SAS getting closed when i run this code.

AncaTilea — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:18:39 GMT

You are correct, Astounding.

This is the error from SAS(9.3):

ERROR: XYZ is given as a format-as-label within the format of the same name. This would cause

recursion and is not allowed.

Re: SAS getting closed when i run this code.

kuridisanjeev — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:19:47 GMT

Hi ...

Did you get any error message in the log when you ran the original code in SAS 9.3 version??

If yes,Could you please post the log message...

Thanks

Sanjeev.K

Re: SAS getting closed when i run this code.

AncaTilea — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:25:49 GMT

I did, right before you posted.

Re: SAS getting closed when i run this code.

kuridisanjeev — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:31:15 GMT

my browser did't get refreshed...:-)

any way thank you..

Regards..

Sanjeev.K