topic Re: Error 22-322 in SAS Procedures

Error 22-322

Mathe — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 08:07:31 GMT

hi,

i have the following error problem and would like someone help with it.

19 Data Run_dates;

20 Mrg = 1;

21 Run_Model_Date = &Last_Month;

WARNING: Apparent symbolic reference LAST_MONTH not resolved.

22 Run_Date = &First_Month;

WARNING: Apparent symbolic reference FIRST_MONTH not resolved.

ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name, a quoted string, a numeric constant, a datetime constant,

a missing value, INPUT, PUT.

23 do While (Run_Date <= Run_Model_Date);

24 Output;

25 Run_Date = intnx("MONTH", Run_Date , 1, 'END');

26 end;

27 Format Run_Date date9.;

28 Keep Mrg Run_date;

29 run;

Re: Error 22-322

PGStats — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:29:50 GMT

A thing like &name is a symbolic reference in SAS. Symbolic references are replaced by their values when the program is executed. Thus, to run your program you must first define &Last_Month and &First_Month with statements :

%let First_Month='01JAN2012'd;

%let Last_Month='31DEC2012'd;

Re: Error 22-322

Mathe — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:13:18 GMT

thanks very much. it did work.