I just have one quick question about _ERROR_
Two automatic variables, _N_ and _ERROR_ will be created in project data vector but not in the output of Data step execution.
And I can use put statement if the _ERROR_ = 1 to locate the program in the data set.
So can I use _ERROR_ for assignmnet statement or any other way to apply this variable?
I cannot figure this out by running the code or search the answer online.
Thanks,
You can assign _ERROR_ to a variable.
Check next code resulting with _ERROR_ = 1
data test;
x=8;
y=0;
result = x/y;
N = _N_;
ERR = _ERROR_;
put _ERROR_= _N_= ;
run;
The _N_ and _ERROR_ variables both have an implicit drop flag and exist only in the PDV.
But yes, you can assign them to variables in an assignment statement
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