https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/format-FREE/m-p/33442#M6543 anyone know anything about format FREE ?<BR /> <BR /> it sits in sashelp.vformat<BR /> <BR /> does not appear in the on-line doc at Dictionary of Language elements: formats<BR /> <BR /> it is referred to at Usage Note 30738: SAS formats that are not supported in the Java environment at <A href="http://support.sas.com/kb/30/738.html" target="_blank">http://support.sas.com/kb/30/738.html</A> <BR /> <BR /> I notice this unfamiliar format because it was causing trouble for me in the date_format_hunter referred to in message <BR /> <A href="http://support.sas.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=45745#45745" target="_blank">http://support.sas.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=45745#45745</A><BR /> <BR /> I wonder what I'm missing?<BR /> <BR /> hth<BR /> peterC Sat, 13 Nov 2010 17:46:02 GMT Peter_C 2010-11-13T17:46:02Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/format-FREE/m-p/33442#M6543 anyone know anything about format FREE ?<BR /> <BR /> it sits in sashelp.vformat<BR /> <BR /> does not appear in the on-line doc at Dictionary of Language elements: formats<BR /> <BR /> it is referred to at Usage Note 30738: SAS formats that are not supported in the Java environment at <A href="http://support.sas.com/kb/30/738.html" target="_blank">http://support.sas.com/kb/30/738.html</A> <BR /> <BR /> I notice this unfamiliar format because it was causing trouble for me in the date_format_hunter referred to in message <BR /> <A href="http://support.sas.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=45745#45745" target="_blank">http://support.sas.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=45745#45745</A><BR /> <BR /> I wonder what I'm missing?<BR /> <BR /> hth<BR /> peterC Sat, 13 Nov 2010 17:46:02 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/format-FREE/m-p/33442#M6543 Peter_C 2010-11-13T17:46:02Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/format-FREE/m-p/33443#M6544 Hi Peter<BR /> <BR /> As much as I know you're missing nothing. There is just a bunch of intentionally not documented formats. "FREE" is one of it.<BR /> <BR /> Not sure why they are not documented (obsolete, never productive or for internal SAS use only?).<BR /> <BR /> Nice would be if such formats also would be excluded from dictionary.formats.<BR /> <BR /> HTH<BR /> Patrick Sun, 14 Nov 2010 02:03:09 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/format-FREE/m-p/33443#M6544 Patrick 2010-11-14T02:03:09Z