Error: Variable is not an object

jen123 — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 21:05:23 GMT

Hello,

I ran this code/program and got an "variable is not an object" error. What did I do wrong? Thoughts? Thanks!

a.sys_manual=b.sys_manual;

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557

ERROR: DATA STEP Component Object failure. Aborted during the COMPILATION phase.

ERROR 557-185: Variable a is not an object.

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/* Update filter_by_decdecision_last */

data dcsn_sys_manual;

update filter_by_decdecision (in=a)

sys_manual_data (in=b);

by id ;

if a and b then

do;

a.sys_manual=b.sys_manual;

end;

run;

Re: Error: Variable is not an object

Reeza — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 21:14:16 GMT

It looks like you're mixing SQL notation and DATA step together.

You can't refer to a.sys_manual and b.sys_manual like that, you need to rename one of them in the update or handle it some other way. Are you sure you want an update, not a set or merge instead?

See here for more information:

http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/basess/58133/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a001304308.htm

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