topic Re: Automatic variable _Error_ in SAS Programming

Automatic variable _Error_

LoveSAS09 — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 04:33:44 GMT

I just have one quick question about _ERROR_

Two automatic variables, _N_ and _ERROR_ will be created in project data vector but not in the output of Data step execution.
And I can use put statement if the _ERROR_ = 1 to locate the program in the data set.

So can I use _ERROR_ for assignmnet statement or any other way to apply this variable?

I cannot figure this out by running the code or search the answer online.

Thanks,

Re: Automatic variable _Error_

Shmuel — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 06:27:48 GMT

You can assign _ERROR_ to a variable.

Check next code resulting with _ERROR_ = 1

data test;
  x=8;
  y=0;
  result = x/y;
  N = _N_;
  ERR = _ERROR_;
  put _ERROR_=  _N_= ;
run;

Re: Automatic variable _Error_

PeterClemmensen — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 08:12:07 GMT

The _N_ and _ERROR_ variables both have an implicit drop flag and exist only in the PDV.

But yes, you can assign them to variables in an assignment statement