Prxmatch error?

ybz12003 — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 13:30:45 GMT

Hello:

I got an error from the program below, how to fix it?

data datain;

format name $ 500.;

input name &;

cards;

John__If_True_kary

John_If_True__Mary

John__If_True1_kary

John_If_True_kary

Tom__If_Not__Carol

Tom__If_Not_Carol

Tom_If_Not1_Carol

Joe__If_True___Jane

Joe__If_False_Jane

Joe__If_False__Paul1

Joe__If_False___Jane

Paul_If_False2__Jane

Joe__If_False2___Jane

Joe___If_False__Jane

;

run;

data dataout;

set datain;

if prxmatch("m/If_True|mary/i",name) > 0 then found=1;

else if prxmatch("m/If_True|kary/i",name) > 0 then found=2;

else if prxmatch("m/If_False|Jane/i",name) > 0 then found=3;

else if prxmatch("m/If_False|paul/i",name) > 0 then found=4;

else if prxmatch("m/If_Not|Carol/i",name) > 0 then found=5;

else found=0;

run;

quit;

198 data datain;

199 format name $500.;

200 input name &;

201 cards;

202 John__If_True_kary

203 John_If_True__Mary

204 John__If_True1_kary

205 John_If_True_kary

206 Tom__If_Not__Carol

WARNING: The quoted string currently being processed has become more than 262 characters long. You

might have unbalanced quotation marks.

207 Tom__If_Not_Carol

208 Tom_If_Not1_Carol

209 Joe__If_True___Jane

210 Joe__If_False_Jane

211 Joe__If_False__Paul1

212 Joe__If_False___Jane

213 Paul_If_False2__Jane

214 Joe__If_False2___Jane

215 Joe___If_False__Jane

216 ;

217 run;

218 data datain;

219 format name $ 500.;

220 input name &;

221 cards;

222 John__If_True_kary

223 John_If_True__Mary

224 John__If_True1_kary

225 John_If_True_kary

226 Tom__If_Not__Carol

227 Tom__If_Not_Carol

228 Tom_If_Not1_Carol

229 Joe__If_True___Jane

230 Joe__If_False_Jane

231 Joe__If_False__Paul1

232 Joe__If_False___Jane

233 Paul_If_False2__Jane

234 Joe__If_False2___Jane

235 Joe___If_False__Jane

236 ;

237 run;

194 else if prxmatch("m/If_Not|Carol/i",name) > 0 then found=5;

-------------------------

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.

194 else if prxmatch("m/If_Not|Carol/i",name) > 0 then found=5;

-------------------------

388

ERROR 388-185: Expecting an arithmetic operator.

194 else if prxmatch("m/If_Not|Carol/i",name) > 0 then found=5;

-------------------------

200

ERROR 200-322: The symbol is not recognized and will be ignored.

238 data dataout;

239 set datain;

240 if

240! prxmatch("m/If_True|mary/i"

388

200

240! ,name) > 0 then found=1;

241 else if

241! prxmatch("m/If_True|kary/i"

388

200

241! ,name) > 0 then found=2;

242 else if

242! prxmatch("m/If_False|Jane/i"

388

200

242! ,name) > 0 then found=3;

243 else if

243! prxmatch("m/If_False|paul/i"

388

200

243! ,name) > 0 then found=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.

ERROR 388-185: Expecting an arithmetic operator.

ERROR 200-322: The symbol is not recognized and will be ignored.

244 else if prxmatch("m/If_Not|Carol/i",name) > 0 then found=5;

245 else found=0;

246 run;

247 quit;

Re: Prxmatch error?

art297 — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 13:40:24 GMT

My guess is that your error is due to a mistake you made earlier during the session. Restart SAS, run the code again, and see if you still have the error.

Art, CEO, AnalystFinder.com

Re: Prxmatch error?

ballardw — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 14:21:22 GMT

Post logs with error messages into a code box. The forum icon {i} will open a box that will treat the text pasted a simple text and is not reformatted by the forumn as the example you pasted in the main message window.

This is somewhat important as all of the underscore characters indicate where SAS encountered the error condtion.

So when we see

194 else if prxmatch("m/If_Not|Carol/i",name) > 0 then found=5;

-------------------------

388

ERROR 388-185: Expecting an arithmetic operator.

we do not know if the issue is with a "if prxmatch" paranthese, the > 0 or something else.

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