Proc Sort error

cjohnson — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:54:28 GMT

I am trying to run a simple proc sort, and if I add the descending option, it errors:

14 PROC SORT DATA=GOVERNING_CLASS;
15 BY LR descending;
_
22
ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name, _ALL_, _CHARACTER_, _CHAR_, _NUMERIC_.
16 RUN;
ERROR: Variable NAME not found.

However, this runs fine:

PROC SORT DATA=GOVERNING_CLASS;
BY LR;
RUN;

Any ideas? I am running SAS 9.1, EG 4.1, and just installed the newest hotfix for errors.

Thanks,
Chris

Re: Proc Sort error

data_null__ — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:59:43 GMT

The keyword DESCENDING goes before the variable that you want to sort descending.

Re: Proc Sort error

cjohnson — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:04:07 GMT

Thanks!!!

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