topic Re: ERROR: Function INTCK requires a numeric expression as argument 2. in SAS Programming

ERROR: Function INTCK requires a numeric expression as argument 2.

anonymous_user — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 09:49:00 GMT

Hi,

any idea how I resolve this error message please?

Code below -

%let offset = -1;

%let completion_date=%sysfunc(intnx(month,%sysfunc(today()),&offset.),date9.); %put &completion_date;

data split;
set input.CO_SPLIT_&runmonth. (keep= mo split applseq completion_date);
sl_applseq=applseq+0;
where intck("month",completion_date,"&completion_date."d)=0;
run;

Re: ERROR: Function INTCK requires a numeric expression as argument 2.

abhityagi — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 09:42:21 GMT

I think you need to convert the character dates to numeric.

Re: ERROR: Function INTCK requires a numeric expression as argument 2.

RW9 — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 09:55:02 GMT

The error says it all:

ERROR: Function INTCK requires a numeric expression as argument 2

where intck("month",completion_date,"&completion_date."d)=0;

The arrow indicates the second argument, that needs to be numeric, assuming it is character currently. May input(completion_date,ddmmyy10.)?

Re: ERROR: Function INTCK requires a numeric expression as argument 2.

anonymous_user — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 10:07:06 GMT

The variable is a Charecter $CHAR16.

I have tried the input but that doesn't seem to work, most likely as I'm not sure how it fit's within my code?

data split;
set muinput.COMPS_SPLIT_5YEARS_&runmonth. (keep= mortgage split applseq completion_date);
sl_applseq=applseq+0;
input (completion_date, ddmmyy10.);
where intck("month",completion_date,"&completion_date."d)=0;
run;

Re: ERROR: Function INTCK requires a numeric expression as argument 2.

Tom — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:34:56 GMT

The variable COMPLETION_DATE is a character variable. If it looks to you like it has date values then you need to use the INPUT() function to convert it to actual date values. For examples if the values looke like '01JAN2017' then you could use the DATE9 informat to convert.

where intck("month",input(completion_date,date9),"&completion_date."d)=0;

Re: ERROR: Function INTCK requires a numeric expression as argument 2.

Kurt_Bremser — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 12:49:10 GMT

@Brandon16 wrote:

The variable is a Charecter $CHAR16.

I have tried the input but that doesn't seem to work, most likely as I'm not sure how it fit's within my code?

data split;
set muinput.COMPS_SPLIT_5YEARS_&runmonth. (keep= mortgage split applseq completion_date);
sl_applseq=applseq+0;
input (completion_date, ddmmyy10.);
where intck("month",completion_date,"&completion_date."d)=0;
run;

input() is not a statement, it is a function.

Use

newvar = input(oldvar,format.);

to create a numerical variable from a character variable. Note that you cannot convert "in place", a variable keeps its type.

Use a format that fits the layout of your character data. If in doubt, post some example values for your completion_date.