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where Funded_DT <> "01JAN1900";

ERROR: Expression using not equals (^=) has components that are of different data types.

 

Im not sure what I need to do to get this to run without erroring. Thanks

 

 

 

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Reeza
Super User
You specify a date literal with an d at the end of the variable, otherwise SAS assumes that its just a character variable, and how would it know otherwise 😉

I personally prefer the NE rather than <> for not equals, but its a preference. I think at one time SAS didn't interpret it as not equals, so you may want to verify that it does in your version.

where Funded_DT ne "01JAN1900"d;

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Reeza
Super User
You specify a date literal with an d at the end of the variable, otherwise SAS assumes that its just a character variable, and how would it know otherwise 😉

I personally prefer the NE rather than <> for not equals, but its a preference. I think at one time SAS didn't interpret it as not equals, so you may want to verify that it does in your version.

where Funded_DT ne "01JAN1900"d;
SASKiwi
PROC Star

where Funded_DT <> "01JAN1900"d;

ryanhawkeyejedi
Calcite | Level 5
Thank you both for your help...Im still a newbie. 🙂 I appreciate both quick responses! Happy Holidays!!!
ndp
Quartz | Level 8 ndp
Quartz | Level 8

Use where Funded_DT <> "01JAN1900"D; Hopefully you are using apprpriate option YEARCUTOFF

 

ryanhawkeyejedi
Calcite | Level 5
What is YEARCUTOFF?
SASKiwi
PROC Star

The YEARCUTOFF option sets the century for SAS dates if one is not specified. For example if you had used 01JAN00 instead of 01JAN1900 - does that mean 1900 or 2000?

 

In your case you are specifying the century so I don't think YEARCUTOFF applies. 

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