topic Re: ERROR 79-322: Expecting a (. ERROR 76-322: Syntax error, statement will be ignored. in SAS Programming

ERROR 79-322: Expecting a (. ERROR 76-322: Syntax error, statement will be ignored.

chrissowden — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 15:17:05 GMT

The following log error shows. I have not seen this before.

compute before _page_ / style={just=left asis=on borderbottomwidth=0.5pt borderbottomstyle=black}; /***Add extra line above the column headers**/
line @1 lbl2 $100.;
endcomp;

There is my compute block code

Re: ERROR 79-322: Expecting a (. ERROR 76-322: Syntax error, statement will be ignored.

Reeza — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 15:48:10 GMT

I think you need to show the full code block.

Re: ERROR 79-322: Expecting a (. ERROR 76-322: Syntax error, statement will be ignored.

ballardw — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 16:06:43 GMT

If you want to set the color use BORDERBOTTOMCOLOR=Black

BORDERBOTTOMSTYLE= expects a Line-style definition such as Double Dashed Dotted and similar. Since you did not provide a valid line type I think SAS is expecting something else that might be interpreted as a line style such as a function. Not sure, but I'll bet with Borderbottomcolor=black that error goes away.