Numberic and variable error

[Afor910327]

Hi,

How could I stop getting this error, when I keep getting the following error with the code below:

MPRINT(SERIES): data tempsas.itemACPSA_partial_combine;

MPRINT(SERIES): set tempsas.itemACPSA_partial_combine_0 tempsas.itemACPSA_Interp;

ERROR: Variable y1998 has been defined as both character and numeric.

ERROR: Variable y1999 has been defined as both character and numeric.

ERROR: Variable y2000 has been defined as both character and numeric.

ERROR: Variable y2001 has been defined as both character and numeric.

ERROR: Variable y2002 has been defined as both character and numeric.

ERROR: Variable y2003 has been defined as both character and numeric.

ERROR: Variable y2004 has been defined as both character and numeric.

ERROR: Variable y2005 has been defined as both character and numeric.

ERROR: Variable y2006 has been defined as both character and numeric.

ERROR: Variable y2007 has been defined as both character and numeric.

ERROR: Variable y2008 has been defined as both character and numeric.

ERROR: Variable y2009 has been defined as both character and numeric.

ERROR: Variable y2010 has been defined as both character and numeric.

ERROR: Variable y2011 has been defined as both character and numeric.

ERROR: Variable y2012 has been defined as both character and numeric.

NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.

WARNING: The data set TEMPSAS.ITEMACPSA_PARTIAL_COMBINE may be incomplete. When this step was stopped there were 0 observations

and 27 variables.

NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):

real time 0.01 seconds

cpu time 0.00 seconds

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data tempsas.current_item_concordance;

set concord.&acpsaitemcc;

proc sort data=tempsas.current_item_concordance out=tempsas.current_item_concordance_sort;

by itemCode itemACPSA;

run;

data tempsas.itemACPSA_partial_combine_0;

length itemCode $ 20 itemDescr $ 300 itemACPSA $ 9 itemACPSADescr $ 90;

set tempsas.itemACPSA_23 tempsas.itemACPSA_3X tempsas.itemACPSA_51 tempsas.itemACPSA_54 tempsas.itemACPSA_56 tempsas.itemACPSA_61 tempsas.itemACPSA_71 tempsas.itemACPSA_81 tempsas.itemACPSA_99;

where upcase(isInterp) ne 'Y';

format itemCode $20. itemDescr $300. itemACPSA $9. itemACPSADescr $90.;

data tempsas.itemACPSA_partial_combine;

set tempsas.itemACPSA_partial_combine_0 tempsas.itemACPSA_Interp;

proc sort data=tempsas.itemACPSA_partial_combine out=tempsas.itemACPSA_partial_combine_sort;

by itemCode itemACPSA;

proc summary data=tempsas.current_item_concordance_sort;

by itemCode;

id itemDescr;

var weight;

output out=tempsas.current_item_concordance_sum(drop=_type_) sum= ;

run;

[kiranv_]

same variable names have different  datatypes in your different datasets, hence the error. You need to fix the variables to  have same data type to avoid this error.

[PeterClemmensen]

The error messages are pretty self explanatory here. The variables y1998-y2012 are defined in one location as numeric and in another as character. PROC CONTENTS is your friend in this type of problem.