topic Re: Error 22-322 Expecting format name in SAS Enterprise Guide

Error 22-322 Expecting format name

amconnel — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 04:18:08 GMT

Hi all.

I am trying to create a computed column in the query builder. I am receiving the error you may see in the photo. I am confused on this error, because I created an identical computation and did not receive the error message (as you can see just below the errors).

Would appreciate any help on this!
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Re: Error 22-322 Expecting format name

SASKiwi — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 05:47:19 GMT

Try adding a full stop on the end of your format: best9.

Format names always include a dot when applying them.

Re: Error 22-322 Expecting format name

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 08:20:15 GMT

The first format ERROR causes the SQL compiler to ignore the whole SELECT statement, so the second ERROR is not detected.