Proc fcmp: Getting warning if we use label statement

yanamadala85 — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 07:35:58 GMT

I have written the 'stdid' function using proc fcmp, I have used attrib statement but unfortunately i am getting the warning like "WARNING: The LABEL statement has no effect in a FUNCTION or SUBROUTINE."

I have referred the following SAS site.

http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/proc/68954/HTML/default/viewer.htm#n0seq1ln0q7zfrn1w44ym5h3se2k.htm

proc fcmp outlib=sasuser..study.demo;
function stdid(var1 $) $;
attrib var2 length=$25 format=$upcase9. label='x';
var2=tstrip(var1);
return(var2);
endsub;
run;

Re: Proc fcmp: Getting warning if we use label statement

Kurt_Bremser — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 11:41:48 GMT

That is because inside the function you are only dealing with temporary variables (that will not appear in the step where you call the function), and the output is just a value, with no attributes other than length.

Therefore only the length= has an effect.

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