ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following

ccherrub — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 16:30:45 GMT

New to SAS and I'm not sure why I'm getting this error:

PROC SQL;
CREATE TABLE WORK.query AS
SELECT 'year'n , id , statefips , male , raceethnic , ed , marst , nchild , occ , ind , wkswork , age , income FROM _TEMP0.db1;
RUN;
QUIT;

PROC DATASETS NOLIST NODETAILS;
CONTENTS DATA=WORK.query OUT=WORK.details;
RUN;

PROC PRINT DATA=WORK.details;
RUN;

PROC MEANS DATA=work.query NONOBS MAXDEC=2 SUM MEAN STD ;
VAR male , raceethnic , ed , marst , nchild , occ , ind , wkswork , age , income ;
RUN;

________

70 PROC MEANS DATA=work.query NONOBS MAXDEC=2 SUM MEAN STD ;

71 VAR #1;

200

ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name, ;, /, _ALL_, _CHARACTER_, _CHAR_, _NUMERIC_.

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

72 RUN;

Re: ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following

Reeza — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 16:46:51 GMT

There should be no comma's in the list of variables provided to PROC MEANS.

var male raceethnic ed ....

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ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following

Re: ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following