topic error 49-169 in SAS Programming

error 49-169

SASNewUser — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 16:28:58 GMT

I have run my programs for months and now i keep getting this error

49 with a long line

NOTE 49-169: the meaning of an identifier after a quoted string......

All I am doing is libnames and filenames in a parameter file.

Re: error 49-169

ballardw — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 16:43:03 GMT

1) It is not an error, it is a NOTE.

2) look for a put statement like:

Put 'some text message'variablename;

possibly in code called by your program.

OR post the code for the offending program.

Re: error 49-169

SASNewUser — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 16:54:38 GMT

This if very confusing because these programs have run for at least 2 months before without any changes and it does not create any datasets

It does run on other peoples machines without the error

Re: error 49-169

ballardw — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 16:58:10 GMT

Can you post the code?

Re: error 49-169

SASNewUser — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 17:29:47 GMT

Believe it or not I turned off my machine completely waited for 10 min and it ran fine there must have been something hanging or being picked up.

Thank you for your response

Re: error 49-169

Hitesh — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 15:31:12 GMT

I've started getting same Note 49-169 message and stopped running program which used to run normally before. I restarted my computer & All SAS Servers (Metadata & App) even still I am getting same message. I've replaced Quote (") with spaces like ( " ) and message changed to warning "The quoted string currently being processed has more than 262 bytes long"..It's started on Sept 8, is it date related problem?

What's the reason that all-of-a-sudden I got such message and stopped processing?

Re: error 49-169

SASNewUser — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 16:33:44 GMT

I thought it was running OK it runs once then on the second try I get the error again. Another colleague in my group is also having the same problem.

code

DATA ICETRANS;
INFILE modcum2 TRUNCOVER ignoredoseof;
INPUT @17 INDSOUM $2.
@19 DTNLOT 8. ;

IF ( DTNLOT >= &WDI_Month_FirstDay. AND dtnlot <= &WDI_Month_LastDay.);

    INPUT @1   CIE           $1.
           @3   PTVENTE        $5.
           @8   NOSCTR        $3.
           @16 BRANCHE       $1.
           @27 NOPOLICE      $8.
           @35 NOSOUM        $8.
           @43 INDICATEUR    $1.
           @49 RAISON        $2.
           @51 FINALITE      $2.
     @53 MARQUE        $1.;

     IF MARQUE='C';
     IF PTVENTE >=8400 AND PTVENTE <=8698;
     IF INDSOUM='NA' THEN NBVENTP=1;
     IF INDSOUM NE 'NA' THEN NBVENTP=0;
LENGTH CODEFILD $35;
IF NOSOUM='' THEN NOSOUM=NOPOLICE;
CODEFIELD=TRIM(DTNLOT||NOSOUM||NOSCTR||NBVENTP);

RUN;

ERROR

             _
             49
1        ! ;*";*/;quit;run;
NOTE 49-169: The meaning of an identifier after a quoted string might change in a future SAS release. Inserting white space
             between a quoted string and the succeeding identifier is recommended.

2          OPTIONS PAGENO=MIN;
3          %LET _CLIENTTASKLABEL='WDI_transactions_agent_broker'
                                                               ___________________________
                                                               49
3        ! ;
4          %LET
4        ! _CLIENTPROJECTPATH='S:\actu\_sas_eg\_MIS_Mississauga\_JIRA_Requests\EVO-3336_WDI_Transactions_Agent_Broker\EVO-3336_WDI_t
4        ! ransactions_agent_broker.egp'
                                       ___________________________
                                       49
4        ! ;
NOTE 49-169: The meaning of an identifier after a quoted string might change in a future SAS release. Inserting white space
             between a quoted string and the succeeding identifier is recommended.

5          %LET _CLIENTPROJECTNAME='EVO-3336_WDI_transactions_agent_broker.egp';
6          %LET _SASPROGRAMFILE=;
7
8          ODS _ALL_ CLOSE;
9          OPTIONS DEV=ACTXIMG;
10         FILENAME EGSR TEMP;
11         ODS tagsets.sasreport13(ID=EGSR) FILE=EGSR STYLE=HtmlBlue
11       ! STYLESHEET=(URL="file:///c:/Program%20Files/SASHOME/SASEnterpriseGuide/5.1/Styles/HtmlBlue.css") NOGTITLE NOGFOOTNOTE
11       ! GPATH=&sasworklocation ENCODING=UTF8 options(rolap="on");
WARNING: The quoted string currently being processed has become more than 262 characters long. You might have unbalanced quotation
         marks.
12
13
14         DATA ICETRANS;
15          INFILE modcum2 TRUNCOVER ignoredoseof;
16          INPUT @17 INDSOUM       $2.
17                    @19 DTNLOT         8. ;
18
19          IF ( DTNLOT >= &WDI_Month_FirstDay. AND dtnlot <= &WDI_Month_LastDay.);
20
21             INPUT @1   CIE           $1.
22                    @3   PTVENTE        $5.
23                    @8   NOSCTR        $3.
24                    @16 BRANCHE       $1.
25                    @27 NOPOLICE      $8.
26                    @35 NOSOUM        $8.
27                    @43 INDICATEUR    $1.
5          %LET _CLIENTPROJECTNAME='EVO-3336_WDI_transactions_agent_broker.egp';
                                                                              __
                                                                              49
NOTE 49-169: The meaning of an identifier after a quoted string might change in a future SAS release. Inserting white space
             between a quoted string and the succeeding identifier is recommended.

28                    @49 RAISON        $2.
29                    @51 FINALITE      $2.
30              @53 MARQUE        $1.;
31
32              IF MARQUE='C';
2                                                          The SAS System                           12:24 Tuesday, September 9, 2014

33              IF PTVENTE >=8400 AND PTVENTE <=8698;
34              IF INDSOUM='NA' THEN NBVENTP=1;
35              IF INDSOUM NE 'NA' THEN NBVENTP=0;
36          LENGTH CODEFILD $35;
37         IF NOSOUM='' THEN NOSOUM=NOPOLICE;
38          CODEFIELD=TRIM(DTNLOT||NOSOUM||NOSCTR||NBVENTP);
39
40         RUN;
41

Re: error 49-169

Doc_Duke — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 18:53:06 GMT

This warning

"WARNING: The quoted string currently being processed has become more than 262 characters long. You might have unbalanced quotation

marks."

is a very red flag; it can generate all sorts of other errors and strange behaviors. Somewhere you have unbalanced quotes. I suspect the problem is in your autoexec.sas file and not in the code itself and that you are getting it in the second run because you have not closed SAS in between runs. Bring both of them into an editor that color codes comments and it should pop out at you (The one in EG 6.1 does fine. I think SAS Studio would show it too.)

Doc Muhlbaier