Statement is not valid or it is used out of proper order

PROCDATARUN — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 20:49:01 GMT

Thanks a ton to @RichardDeVen for helping with the set up of code.

Am running into the following error for the below code, any help is appreciated.

Statement is not valid or it is used out of proper order.

**CODEBELOW*******

data have;
input
Order: $4. Set: $4. Track: $7. SubGroup: $1.;
datalines;
O123 J001 456Y A
O123 J001 456Y B
O123 J001 456Y C
O123 J001 3284G A
O123 J001 3284G B
O123 J001 5657G A
O123 J001 490456B B
O123 J001 490456C C
O123 J001 490456D A
O123 J001 490E B
O123 J001 490F A
O123 J001 490G B
O123 J001 490H C
O123 J001 490I A
O123 J001 490J B
O123 J002 456Y A
O123 J002 456Y B
O123 J002 456Y C
O123 J002 3284G A
O123 J002 3284G B
O123 J002 5657G A
O123 J002 490456B B
O123 J002 490456C C
O123 J002 490456D A
O123 J002 490E B
O123 J002 490F A
O123 J002 490G B
O123 J002 490H C
O123 J002 490I A
O123 J002 490J B
O346 J001 456Y A
O346 J001 456Y B
O346 J001 456Y C
O346 J001 3284G A
O346 J001 3284G B
;
data want;
set have;
by order set;

attrib
Page format=4.
;

if _n_ = 1 then do;
FromSet = Set;
declare hash tracks();
tracks.defineKey('Track');
tracks.defineData('Page');
tracks.defineData('FromSet');
tracks.defineDone();
end;

if first.order then
tracks.Clear();

if first.set then
seq_TrackInSet = 0;

if tracks.find() ne 0 then do; /* new track in set */
seq_TrackInSet + 1;
if seq_TrackInSet <= 10 then do;
Page = seq_TrackInSet;
FromSet = Set;
tracks.add();
end;
end;

* for edification, flag the wanted row;
if tracks.num_items <= 100 and 1 <= seq_TrackInSet <= 10 and Set=FromSet then want_row = '*';

if want_row = '*'; *subsetting if;

drop want_row seq_TrackInSet;

Re: Statement is not valid or it is used out of proper order

mklangley — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 21:04:35 GMT

Try adding

run;

at the end.

And for consistency, also add it after your input data (before DATA WANT;). It is used to close out each datastep.

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