Finding Data errors with _error_

Rafi — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 08:01:36 GMT

In the below example,


data test;
input ID Name$;
datalines;
121 Kiran
768 Kumar
tyu Raj
;
run;

data good bad;
set test;
if _error_=1 then output bad;
else output good	;
run;

proc print data=bad;
run;

The dataset 'bad' is showing 0 observations, however i expect it to list the last observation from dataset, as there is a data error (_error_=1); Could some one please explain why it is not showing up.

Re: Finding Data errors with _error_

RW9 — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 08:16:48 GMT

You will want to read this:

https://v8doc.sas.com/sashtml/lrcon/z0695104.htm

Basically as the datastep runs its loop, it goes line by line into the PDV, _error_ is a variable in that PDV which does not get written to the output dataset. So after the first run; that variable no longer exists. It is created again in the second step, but as there are no errors then the _error_ variable is always false, hence no observations. This will work as the if _error_ is in the same step:

data bad good;
  input ID Name$;
  if _error_ then output bad;
  else output good;
datalines;
121 Kiran
768 Kumar
tyu Raj
;
run;

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