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When I ran PROC CORR and PROC PRINCOMP I got error messages of "floating point over flow". How can I diagnose which variables caused the problem? How can I fix the problem?

Thanks a lot.
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Lapis Lazuli | Level 10 sbb
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10
Recommend searching the SAS support http://support.sas.com/ website - here is a Google advanced search argument to consider using - there will be several matches for technical notes on the problem/condition:

floating point overflow site:sas.com


Scott Barry
SBBWorks, Inc.
deleted_user
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Thanks for the response. But I'm still bummed about how to resolve the issue. Some suggest redefining variable lenghth but it would be nice if I can just identify which variables caused the problem.

Can I get any help from somebody?
deleted_user
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I tried to add the variables one by one to the procedure and found the variable causing the problem. Fixed for now!

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