topic Re: Hello I would like to know how can I eliminated the above mentionned error message in SAS Enterprise Guide

How to eliminate "SAS went to a new line" message

alepage — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 20:11:37 GMT

Hello,

I would like to know how to eliminate the above mentioned error message after running the following code:

data test;

input name $ age @@;

datalines;

John 13 Monica 12 Sue 15 Stephen 10

Marc 22 Lily 17

;

run;

Regards,

Alain

ChrisHemedinger — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 18:29:56 GMT

What message? The only message I see is informational:

NOTE: SAS went to a new line when INPUT statement reached past the end of a line.
NOTE: The data set WORK.TEST has 6 observations and 2 variables.

Reeza — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 18:40:13 GMT

Post your code and log, including the ERROR

alepage — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 19:06:55 GMT

Yes you are right. Then what can i do to eliminate this note:

SAS went to a new line when INPUT statement reached past the end of a line.

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 19:18:11 GMT

If your input looks that way, then the message is unavoidable and perfectly natural.

Unless you know beforehand the exact number of items in each line.

Reeza — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 19:22:05 GMT

You can consider the NONOTES option, but it seems like overkill because it suppresses all notes.

The list of options related to the LOG are in the link below.

Astounding — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 19:27:12 GMT

It might not be worth the trouble, but here's something you can try.

data want;

infile cards truncover;

input @1 @ ;

nrecs = countw(_infile_) / 2;

do _n_=1 to nrecs;

input name $ age @ ;

output;

end;

drop nrecs;

datalines;

John 13 Monica 12 Sue 15 Stephen 10

Marc 22 Lily 17

;