topic Re: ODS odf Error when trying to use If, Else, Then statement in SAS Procedures

ODS odf Error when trying to use If, Else, Then statement

mcgannmary1 — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 19:33:24 GMT

Hi, I'm trying to write a simple If , Then, Else Statement and run frequencies, but I keep getting this error

"NOTE: ODS PDF(EGPDF) printed no output.

(This sometimes results from failing to place a RUN statement before the ODS PDF(EGPDF) CLOSE statement.)"

Here is the code I'm trying to run.

data=work.oahbl_20190619;
IF BCCURRMETH='Hormonal IUD ( Mirena, Liletta, or Skyla)' THEN BCCURRMETH2='Hormonal IUD';
ELSE IF BCCURRMETH='Hormonal IUD ( Mirena, Liletta, or Skyla),Condoms' THEN BCCURRMETH2='Hormonal IUD';
ELSE BCCURRMETH2='MISSING';
run;

proc freq;
run;

I've tried adding an ODS close statement as the note suggested, but that doesn't make any difference. I'm still not able to creae theis new BCCURRMETH2 variable.

Thank you in advance!

Best,

Mary

Re: ODS odf Error when trying to use If, Else, Then statement

Reeza — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 15:01:53 GMT

You have no SET statement, so you've never specified an input data set so you have no data to create new variables.

And your PROC FREQ doesn't reference any data set so not sure what it's referring to either.

See the items in orange below

data work.oahbl_20190619;
SET INPUT_DATA_SET;

IF BCCURRMETH='Hormonal IUD ( Mirena, Liletta, or Skyla)' THEN BCCURRMETH2='Hormonal IUD';
ELSE IF BCCURRMETH='Hormonal IUD ( Mirena, Liletta, or Skyla),Condoms' THEN BCCURRMETH2='Hormonal IUD';
ELSE BCCURRMETH2='MISSING';
run;

proc freq DATA=oahbl_20190619;
run;

EDIT: Corrected as indicated by @Astounding

@mcgannmary1 wrote:

Hi, I'm trying to write a simple If , Then, Else Statement and run frequencies, but I keep getting this error

"NOTE: ODS PDF(EGPDF) printed no output.

(This sometimes results from failing to place a RUN statement before the ODS PDF(EGPDF) CLOSE statement.)"

Here is the code I'm trying to run.

data=work.oahbl_20190619;
IF BCCURRMETH='Hormonal IUD ( Mirena, Liletta, or Skyla)' THEN BCCURRMETH2='Hormonal IUD';
ELSE IF BCCURRMETH='Hormonal IUD ( Mirena, Liletta, or Skyla),Condoms' THEN BCCURRMETH2='Hormonal IUD';
ELSE BCCURRMETH2='MISSING';
run;

proc freq;
run;

I've tried adding an ODS close statement as the note suggested, but that doesn't make any difference. I'm still not able to creae theis new BCCURRMETH2 variable.

Thank you in advance!

Best,

Mary

Re: ODS odf Error when trying to use If, Else, Then statement

Astounding — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 06:02:41 GMT

Two additional issues to consider...

Remove the equal sign from the DATA statement. It doesn't belong there.

Read the log. Pay attention to the messages there. SAS is trying to tell you what went wrong.