My code is below:
if upcase(substr (variablea,1,1)) in ('O''P') then delete;
variableb = input(substr(variable,1,3), 8.);
Check the data it generates, i still see "O" exist and that is why for the second statement, it generates missing data.
"NOTE: Invalid argument to function INPUT at line 581 column 17"
would anybody give advice how to fix the problem? what is wrong with my code?
Thanks
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You have a typo in your code:
if upcase(substr(variablea,1,1)) in ('O','P') then delete; variableb=input(substr(variable,1,3), 8.);
Note the comma separating the elements in the in() list.
You need a comma between the apostrophes 'O''P' -> 'O','P' . The way it reads now is upcase(substr (variablea,1,1)) should be equal to O'P
IN operator requires either a comma or a blank space between elements to compare. With neither the two quotes in the middle are treated as a single quote.
Since the records with O or P values in the first column were not deleted then you have the input function trying to read something like P12 as numeric and failing.
Thank you, everyone. It is solved!
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