HASH - Reference definedate is not a member of object c error.

TennisKM3 — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 15:16:26 GMT

Hi, I am currently studying for the SAS advanced programing exam. One of the practice questions has the following answer but when I try to run the code I get the below error. I tried changing the name of the hash object to something else but that didn't work.

ERROR: DATA STEP Component Object failure. Aborted during the COMPILATION phase.
ERROR 558-185: Reference definedate is not a member of object c.

DATA examples

work.continent

ID CtName
91 North America
93 Europe

work.airports

ID City Code Aname Country
91 Anchorage, AK ANC Anchorage International Airport USA
93 Stockholm ARN Arlanda Sweden

CODE:

Data work.success work.fail;
drop rc;
length CtName $30;
If _N_=1 then do;
Call missing (CtName);
declare hash c(dataset:'work.continent');
c.definekey('ID');
c.definedate('CtName');
c.definedone();
end;
set work.airports;
rc=c.find();

if rc=0 then output work.sucess;

else output work.fail;

run;

Proc print data=work.sucess;

run;

Proc print data=work.fail;

run;
run;

Re: HASH - Reference definedate is not a member of object c error.

FreelanceReinh — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 15:28:17 GMT

Hi @TennisKM3,

Just two typos:

The method's name is DEFINEDATA, not DEFINEDATE.
The second "c" is missing in work.success in the OUTPUT statement and the PROC PRINT step.

Re: HASH - Reference definedate is not a member of object c error.

TennisKM3 — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 15:31:04 GMT

Thanks! Spelling gets me every time.

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