topic Re: Syntax error on Proc Boxplot in SAS Procedures

Syntax error on Proc Boxplot

NKormanik — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:30:02 GMT

Not sure what the problem is here. Someone please advise. Numeric variable 50501 definitely exists in the data set. As does Combo, a character variable.

proc boxplot data=nicholas._21603_;

plot '50501'n * Combo /

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200

ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name, (.

ERROR 200-322: The symbol is not recognized and will be ignored.

boxstyle=skeletal

nohlabel

boxconnect=q3

cconnect=blue

boxwidthscale=1

clipfactor=1.5

clipsymbol=dot

outhistory=nicholas.history

grid

;

insetgroup n;

run;

Re: Syntax error on Proc Boxplot

data_null__ — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:34:34 GMT

What is the setting of the system option VALIDVARNAME?

Re: Syntax error on Proc Boxplot

NKormanik — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:36:25 GMT

options

validvarname=any

;

Re: Syntax error on Proc Boxplot

data_null__ — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:48:21 GMT

Looks like ANY names are not supported by PROC BOXPLOT. I see RENAME in your future.

Re: Syntax error on Proc Boxplot

NKormanik — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:26:51 GMT

Well! Does that suck, or what.

Re: Syntax error on Proc Boxplot

NKormanik — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:53:10 GMT

Yep. Turns out renaming '50501'n to v50501 allowed the box plots.

I'd call that a bug. Only time so far when a proc failed to recognize '50501'n as a legitimate variable. Every other proc handled it as it was supposed to.