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SYNTAX ERROR

azhar7860 — Sat, 10 Aug 2019 04:30:33 GMT

I am trying to format Descriptive stats for age variable(numeric),

it giving me an error, any inputs will be appreciated.

Thanks kindly

Below is my desire output

	Descriptive Stat	All (N=227)	Placebo n=115)	Cy 200 mg (n=112)
Age (years)
	N	227	115	112
	Mean (SD)	27.53 ( 3.892 )	27.81 ( 3.586 )	27.25 ( 4.180 )
	Median	28.00	28.00	27.00
	Q1 - Q3	25 - 30	25 - 30	25 - 30
	Min - Max	19 - 41	19 - 41	19 - 41

11899
11900  /*Age: Descritive stats*/
11901
11902  %macro means (ds=,ds2=,var1=,var2=);
11903
11904  proc means data= &ds noprint;
11905  class &var1;
11906  var  &var2;
11907  output out= &ds2   N=N Mean=Mean std=SD Median=Median  Min=Min Max=Max Q1=Q1 Q3=Q3  ;
11908  run;
11909  %mend means;
11910
11911  %means (ds= sl_mh_2, ds2= age,var1= trta, var2= age);

NOTE: There were 378 observations read from the data set WORK.SL_MH_2.
NOTE: The data set WORK.AGE has 4 observations and 11 variables.
NOTE: Compressing data set WORK.AGE increased size by 100.00 percent.
      Compressed is 2 pages; un-compressed would require 1 pages.
NOTE: PROCEDURE MEANS used (Total process time):
      real time           1.22 seconds
      cpu time            0.01 seconds


11912
11913
11914
11915  /*Format(Standardize) the Age descriptive stats for the table*/
11916
11917  %macro format (ds=, ds2=);
11918  data &ds2;
11919  set &ds;
11920  format  N Mean SD Median Min Max Q1 Q3  ;
11921  drop  _freq_ _type_;
11922
11923  N=put(N, 3.1);
11924  Mean=put(Mean,3.1);
11925  SD=put(SD, 2.1);
11926  Median=put(Median, 2.1);
11927  Min=put(Min, 2.1);
11928  Max=put(Max, 3.1);
11929  Q1=put(Q1, 2.1);
11930  Q3=put(Q3, 3.1);
11931  Mean(SD)=Mean||" "|| "("||SD||")";
11932  Min_Max=min||" "||"-"||" "||max;
11933  Q1_Q3 = p25||" "||"-"||" "||p75;
11934
11935  run;
11936  %mend format;
11937
11938  %format(ds= age, ds2= age_1);
ERROR: Undeclared array referenced: MEAN.
ERROR: Variable MEAN has not been declared as an array.

NOTE: Character values have been converted to numeric values at the places given by:
      (Line):(Column).
      1:89    1:107   1:125   1:146   1:168   1:187   1:205   1:222
NOTE: Numeric values have been converted to character values at the places given by:
      (Line):(Column).
      1:245   2:7     2:24    2:44    2:57    2:77
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
WARNING: The data set WORK.AGE_1 may be incomplete.  When this step was stopped there were 0
         observations and 13 variables.
WARNING: Data set WORK.AGE_1 was not replaced because this step was stopped.
NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
      real time           0.01 seconds
      cpu time            0.01 seconds

Re: SYNTAX ERROR

Kurt_Bremser — Sat, 10 Aug 2019 04:46:26 GMT

The error is in line 11931. What did you want to do with this:

Mean(SD)=

Re: SYNTAX ERROR

azhar7860 — Sat, 10 Aug 2019 05:08:35 GMT

i will be transposing the stats to get the desired below output

	Descriptive Stat	All (N=227)	Placebo n=115)	Cy 200 mg (n=112)
Age (years)
	N	227	115	112
	Mean (SD)	27.53 ( 3.892 )	27.81 ( 3.586 )	27.25 ( 4.180 )
	Median	28.00	28.00	27.00
	Q1 - Q3	25 - 30	25 - 30	25 - 30
	Min - Max	19 - 41	19 - 41	19 - 41

Thanks

Re: SYNTAX ERROR

Kurt_Bremser — Sat, 10 Aug 2019 05:16:34 GMT

Mean(SD) is not a valid SAS name, what should it do?

Re: SYNTAX ERROR

azhar7860 — Sat, 10 Aug 2019 05:22:25 GMT

i am trying to concatenate like this
Mean(SD)=Mean||" "|| "("||SD||")";

so the out put after transpose should

	Descriptive Stat	All (N=227)	Placebo n=115)	Cy 200 mg (n=112)
Age (years)
	N	227	115	112
	Mean (SD)	27.53 ( 3.892 )	27.81 ( 3.586 )	27.25 ( 4.180 )
	Median	28.00	28.00	27.00
	Q1 - Q3	25 - 30	25 - 30	25 - 30
	Min - Max	19 - 41	19 - 41	19 - 41

Re: SYNTAX ERROR

Kurt_Bremser — Sat, 10 Aug 2019 05:32:40 GMT

I will repeat it for a third and last time:

Mean(SD) is NOT a valid SAS name.

What should it represent?