https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Error-in-sas-coding/m-p/278943#M56170 <P>Move the format statement up, also your code gives other problems when reading the data from datalines - idnumber is not 6 characters long.</P> Tue, 21 Jun 2016 08:29:39 GMT RW9 2016-06-21T08:29:39Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Error-in-sas-coding/m-p/278914#M56159 <P><STRONG>This is my code:</STRONG></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>data weight_club;<BR />input IdNumber 1-6 Name $ 7-24 Team $ Job_title $ Salary StartWeight EndWeight Hire_date;<BR />/*Loss=StartWeight-EndWeight;*/<BR />datalines;<BR />1023 David Shaw red Trainee 10000 189 165 122015<BR />1049 Amelia Serrano yellow Trainee 20000 145 124 122015<BR />1219 Alan Nance red Trainee 30000 210 192 122015<BR />1246 Ravi Sinha yellow Trainee 10000 194 177 122015<BR />1078 Ashley McKnight red Engineer 40000 127 118 122015<BR />;<BR />/*label Job_title='Sales Title'<BR />Hire_date='Date Hired';<BR />format Salary dollar8.;<BR />format Hire_date ddmmyy10.;<BR />var Name Job_title Salary Hire_date;*/<BR />format Hire_date mmddyy10.<BR /><BR />run;<BR />proc print data = weight_club;<BR />title " Fitness Center Weigh Club";<BR />run;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG>I get this error:</STRONG></P><P>&nbsp;</P><DIV class="sasSource">66 /*label Job_title='Sales Title'</DIV><DIV class="sasSource">67 Hire_date='Date Hired';</DIV><DIV class="sasSource">68 format Salary dollar8.;</DIV><DIV class="sasSource">69 format Hire_date ddmmyy10.;</DIV><DIV class="sasSource">70 var Name Job_title Salary Hire_date;*/</DIV><DIV class="sasSource">71 format Hire_date mmddyy10.</DIV><DIV class="sasError">______</DIV><DIV class="sasError">180</DIV><DIV class="sasError">ERROR 180-322: Statement is not valid or it is used out of proper order.</DIV><DIV class="sasSource">&nbsp;</DIV> Tue, 21 Jun 2016 05:27:08 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Error-in-sas-coding/m-p/278914#M56159 francisca 2016-06-21T05:27:08Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Error-in-sas-coding/m-p/278921#M56160 You cannot have statements after datalines. Tue, 21 Jun 2016 06:04:33 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Error-in-sas-coding/m-p/278921#M56160 LinusH 2016-06-21T06:04:33Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Error-in-sas-coding/m-p/278922#M56161 Thank you very much<BR /><BR />##- Please type your reply above this line. Simple formatting, no<BR />attachments. -## Tue, 21 Jun 2016 06:21:47 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Error-in-sas-coding/m-p/278922#M56161 francisca 2016-06-21T06:21:47Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Error-in-sas-coding/m-p/278943#M56170 <P>Move the format statement up, also your code gives other problems when reading the data from datalines - idnumber is not 6 characters long.</P> Tue, 21 Jun 2016 08:29:39 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Error-in-sas-coding/m-p/278943#M56170 RW9 2016-06-21T08:29:39Z