Error message says my dataset doesn't exist, but it's the wrong dataset

[Negarev]

Hi there,

I'm experiencing a very strange issue with Lesson 3. I need to write a PROC FREQ step to analyze rows from pg1.np_species.

So this is what I write:

proc freq pg1.np_species;

run;

And for some reason I get this error message:

32 proc freq pg1.np_species;
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201
ERROR: File WORK.T_STORM_DAMAGE.DATA does not exist.
ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: ;, COMPRESS, DATA, FC, FORMCHAR, NLEVELS, NOPRINT, ORDER, PAGE.
ERROR 201-322: The option is not recognized and will be ignored.
33 *where species_id like 'YOSE%' and category='Mammal';
34 run;

It looks like SAS is trying to open an entirely different dataset named T_STORM_DAMAGE, for some reason.

I've restarted SAS and this project, but this keeps happening. What is going on here?

[japelin]

If retype the same code in a newly program window, what will be the result?

[Negarev · Accepted solution]

Ah, nevermind, I forgot about the data= statement....