topic Re: Syntax error ? in SAS Programming

Syntax error ?

ybz12003 — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:02:59 GMT

Hello,

I have a statement shown in the Syntax error. Please advice how to fix it.

where c_ageyears<3 and ((bage_12<22 and bage_12 ^= (88,99)) or (bage_12>45))

ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: !, !!, &, ), *, **, +, -, /, <, <=, <>,

=, >, >=, ?, AND, BETWEEN, CONTAINS, EQ, EQT, GE, GET, GT, GTT, IN, IS, LE, LET, LIKE,

LT, LTT, NE, NET, NOT, NOTIN, OR, ^, ^=, |, ||, ~, ~=.

Re: Syntax error ?

ybz12003 — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:05:15 GMT

The error was marked underlying the comma between (88,99).

Re: Syntax error ?

PaigeMiller — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:13:11 GMT

bage_12 ^= (88,99)

will not work.

Try

bage_12 not in (88,99)

Please, in the future, show us the entire LOG for this data step, with nothing chopped out, in the order that it appears in the LOG, rather than a portion of the code and a portion of the log. When providing the LOG, copy it as text and then paste it into the window that appears when you click on the </> icon, to ensure that it will be formatted properly.

Re: Syntax error ?

ybz12003 — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 16:45:57 GMT

Thank you so much!