Programming 1 error when running p102d01.sas

[mkrisz]

When I wanted to do the "Demo: Exploring Automatic SAS Libraries" task:

	libname out "s:/workshop/output";

	data class_copy1 out.class_copy2;
		set sashelp.class;
	run;

I have got the following message: ERROR: Library OUT does not exist.

Can anyone help me to fix it?

Thanks 

[Jagadishkatam]

Could you please check again if you have given the correct path, the path is case sensitive and also it should match exactly with the actual path.

[mkrisz]

Thanks, yes the path was wrong, thank you very much!

[ehab]

The correct code:

libname out "/home/u47411880/EPG194/output";

data class_copy1 out.class_copy2;
set sashelp.class;
run;

[SAS121]

Hello,

I was having the same issue and used the pathway you mentioned, with my username instead, and it worked. However, if we're creating a folder called OUT in My Libraries, why does the end of the pathway contain output like this:  "libname out "/home/myUserName/EPG194/output";? Shouldn't the pathway be "libname out "/home/myUserName/EPG194/out";?

Thank you.

@ehab wrote:

The correct code:

libname out "/home/u47411880/EPG194/output";

data class_copy1 out.class_copy2;
set sashelp.class;
run;

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[Cynthia_sas]

Hi: If you followed the setup instructions for Programming 1, when you expand the EPG194 folder (older name) or the EPG1V2 folder (newest name), then you should see a subfolder named output. If you right click on the output subfolder under your main class folder and in the popup menu on the right click, choose Properties, you should next see the Properties window which will contain the FULL path to the output subfolder. The libname could be:
libname out "s:\workshop\EPG1V2\output";
or
libname out "/home/<yourUserID>/EPG1V2/output";
or
libname out "/home/<yourUserID>/EPG194/output";

or you may want to make an entirely NEW folder for your output under the class main folder. Let's say you do make a NEW folder under the EPG1V2 (or EPG194) class folder and you call the NEW folder mystuff, so when you want to write to the mystuff folder, your LIBNAME statement would change to something like:
libname out "/home/<yourUserID>/EPG1V2/mystuff";
Using the right-click and Properties method will ALWAYS show you the correct folder path you need to use.
Cynthia

[DJongman]

Hi mkrisz,

Tested your code and it seems that the path is incorrect.

Change to:

libname out "s:\workshop\output\";

Note that the directory 's:\workshop\output\' must be available on the server.

[mkrisz]

Thank you, unfortunately my patch was wrong.

[Cynthia_sas]

Hi:
That path on the S: drive is the path we use in our classrooms when we teach Programming 1 and Programming 2 classes. If you don't have an S: drive, then you have to replace S:\workshop with the location of where you unzipped the zip file for the class and you are meant to substitute the path you use for the one we show.

Have you done the data setup for the class yet? The Course Overview and Data Setup (if you're doing e-learning) has all the correct instructions for setting up the data. This program will work because it is using SASHELP.CLASS but you need to make all the other data for class before you proceed with the other work.
Cynthia