Re: Data not displaying properly in SAS

ss1345 · Posted 08-31-2019 03:15 PM

My data is not uploading properly in SAS and the data is not displaying in the table. Please help!

Tom · Posted 08-31-2019 03:39 PM

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ss1345 · Posted 08-31-2019 03:56 PM

1 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;

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71 DATA salaries;

72 INFILE"/home/u41426832/sasuser.v94/Salaries.txt";

73 INPUT employeeID rank discipline sex $;

74 *Dollar sign means were going to treat Carb_Barrels as categorical variables*;

75 RUN;

NOTE: The infile "/home/u41426832/sasuser.v94/Salaries.txt" is:

Filename=/home/u41426832/sasuser.v94/Salaries.txt,

Owner Name=u41426832,Group Name=oda,

Access Permission=-rw-r--r--,

Last Modified=31Aug2019:14:05:17,

File Size (bytes)=14886

NOTE: Invalid data for rank in line 1 6-9.

NOTE: Invalid data for discipline in line 1 13-13.

RULE: ----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8----+----9----+----0

1 1 Prof B 19 18 Male 139750 34

employeeID=1 rank=. discipline=. sex=19 _ERROR_=1 _N_=1

NOTE: Invalid data for rank in line 2 6-9.

NOTE: Invalid data for discipline in line 2 13-13.

2 2 Prof B 20 16 Male 173200 34

employeeID=2 rank=. discipline=. sex=20 _ERROR_=1 _N_=2

NOTE: Invalid data for rank in line 3 6-13.

NOTE: Invalid data for discipline in line 3 17-17.

3 3 AsstProf B 4 3 Male 79750 35

employeeID=3 rank=. discipline=. sex=4 _ERROR_=1 _N_=3

NOTE: Invalid data for rank in line 4 6-9.

NOTE: Invalid data for discipline in line 4 13-13.

4 4 Prof B 45 39 Male 115000 34

employeeID=4 rank=. discipline=. sex=45 _ERROR_=1 _N_=4

NOTE: Invalid data for rank in line 5 6-9.

NOTE: Invalid data for discipline in line 5 13-13.

5 5 Prof B 40 41 Male 141500 34

employeeID=5 rank=. discipline=. sex=40 _ERROR_=1 _N_=5

NOTE: Invalid data for rank in line 6 6-14.

NOTE: Invalid data for discipline in line 6 18-18.

6 6 AssocProf B 6 6 Male 97000 36

employeeID=6 rank=. discipline=. sex=6 _ERROR_=1 _N_=6

NOTE: Invalid data for rank in line 7 6-9.

NOTE: Invalid data for discipline in line 7 13-13.

7 7 Prof B 30 23 Male 175000 34

employeeID=7 rank=. discipline=. sex=30 _ERROR_=1 _N_=7

NOTE: Invalid data for rank in line 8 6-9.

NOTE: Invalid data for discipline in line 8 13-13.

8 8 Prof B 45 45 Male 147765 34

employeeID=8 rank=. discipline=. sex=45 _ERROR_=1 _N_=8

NOTE: Invalid data for rank in line 9 6-9.

NOTE: Invalid data for discipline in line 9 13-13.

9 9 Prof B 21 20 Male 119250 34

employeeID=9 rank=. discipline=. sex=21 _ERROR_=1 _N_=9

NOTE: Invalid data for rank in line 10 7-10.

NOTE: Invalid data for discipline in line 10 14-14.

10 10 Prof B 18 18 Female 129000 37

employeeID=10 rank=. discipline=. sex=18 _ERROR_=1 _N_=10

NOTE: Invalid data for rank in line 11 7-15.

NOTE: Invalid data for discipline in line 11 19-19.

RULE: ----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8----+----9----+----0

11 11 AssocProf B 12 8 Male 119800 39

employeeID=11 rank=. discipline=. sex=12 _ERROR_=1 _N_=11

NOTE: Invalid data for rank in line 12 7-14.

NOTE: Invalid data for discipline in line 12 18-18.

12 12 AsstProf B 7 2 Male 79800 36

employeeID=12 rank=. discipline=. sex=7 _ERROR_=1 _N_=12

NOTE: Invalid data for rank in line 13 7-14.

NOTE: Invalid data for discipline in line 13 18-18.

13 13 AsstProf B 1 1 Male 77700 36

employeeID=13 rank=. discipline=. sex=1 _ERROR_=1 _N_=13

NOTE: Invalid data for rank in line 14 7-14.

NOTE: Invalid data for discipline in line 14 18-18.

14 14 AsstProf B 2 0 Male 78000 36

employeeID=14 rank=. discipline=. sex=2 _ERROR_=1 _N_=14

NOTE: Invalid data for rank in line 15 7-10.

NOTE: Invalid data for discipline in line 15 14-14.

15 15 Prof B 20 18 Male 104800 35

employeeID=15 rank=. discipline=. sex=20 _ERROR_=1 _N_=15

NOTE: Invalid data for rank in line 16 7-10.

NOTE: Invalid data for discipline in line 16 14-14.

16 16 Prof B 12 3 Male 117150 34

employeeID=16 rank=. discipline=. sex=12 _ERROR_=1 _N_=16

NOTE: Invalid data for rank in line 17 7-10.

NOTE: Invalid data for discipline in line 17 14-14.

17 17 Prof B 19 20 Male 101000 35

employeeID=17 rank=. discipline=. sex=19 _ERROR_=1 _N_=17

NOTE: Invalid data for rank in line 18 7-10.

NOTE: Invalid data for discipline in line 18 14-14.

18 18 Prof A 38 34 Male 103450 35

employeeID=18 rank=. discipline=. sex=38 _ERROR_=1 _N_=18

NOTE: Invalid data for rank in line 19 7-10.

NOTE: Invalid data for discipline in line 19 14-14.

19 19 Prof A 37 23 Male 124750 35

employeeID=19 rank=. discipline=. sex=37 _ERROR_=1 _N_=19

NOTE: Invalid data for rank in line 20 7-10.

NOTE: Invalid data for discipline in line 20 14-14.

WARNING: Limit set by ERRORS= option reached. Further errors of this type will not be printed.

20 20 Prof A 39 36 Female 137000 37

employeeID=20 rank=. discipline=. sex=39 _ERROR_=1 _N_=20

NOTE: 397 records were read from the infile "/home/u41426832/sasuser.v94/Salaries.txt".

The minimum record length was 34.

The maximum record length was 43.

NOTE: The data set WORK.SALARIES has 397 observations and 4 variables.

NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):

real time 0.18 seconds

user cpu time 0.00 seconds

system cpu time 0.00 seconds

memory 772.84k

OS Memory 28840.00k

Timestamp 08/31/2019 07:55:14 PM

Step Count 37 Switch Count 2

Page Faults 0

Page Reclaims 163

Page Swaps 0

Voluntary Context Switches 17

Involuntary Context Switches 0

Block Input Operations 0

Block Output Operations 264

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Tom · Posted 08-31-2019 04:00 PM

You didn't use the Insert Code feature which is why your post is unreadable.

I will try to fix it so we can look at it. Based on the column numbers in the notes your actual error message probably looks more like this:

NOTE: Invalid data for rank in line 1 6-9.
NOTE: Invalid data for discipline in line 1 13-13.
RULE: ----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8----+----9----+----0
1     1    Prof   B 19 18 Male 139750 34
employeeID=1 rank=. discipline=. sex=19 _ERROR_=1 _N_=1

Why did you try to read values like 'PROF' and 'B' into numeric variables?

ss1345 · Posted 08-31-2019 04:26 PM

My professor gave us a txt file to upload into SAS and told us to "Instruct SAS to treat employeeID, rank, discipline, and sex as character" and then taught us to use the input tool for that.

Tom · Posted 08-31-2019 04:36 PM

But your code is only telling SAS that SEX should be read as character.

DATA salaries;
INFILE"/home/u41426832/sasuser.v94/Salaries.txt";
INPUT employeeID rank discipline sex $;
*Dollar sign means were going to treat Carb_Barrels as categorical variables*;
RUN;

Didn't your instructor teach you how to actually DEFINE the variables, instead of forcing SAS to guess what you meant based on how you first use them in other statements like INPUT?

DATA salaries;
INFILE"/home/u41426832/sasuser.v94/Salaries.txt";
LENGTH employeeID $20 rank $8 discipline $10 sex $5 ;
INPUT employeeID rank discipline sex ;
RUN;

Also from the lines in your log it looks like the file has 7 columns, not 4.

ss1345 · Posted 08-31-2019 05:13 PM

no we just typed them in class 😞

DATA salaries;
INFILE"/home/u41426832/sasuser.v94/Salaries.txt";
LENGTH employeeID $20 rank $8 discipline $10 sex $5 ;
INPUT employeeID rank discipline sex ;
RUN;

proc print data=salaries;
run;

PROC FREQ data=salaries;
Table rank;
run;

PROC MEANS DATA=salaries;
CLASS sex rank;
VAR salary;
RUN;

proc univariate data=salaries;
var employeeID $20 rank $8 discipline $10 sex $5;
histogram employeeID $20 rank $8 discipline $10 sex $5;
run;

I've written this now as our full project and some works and some do not

1 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;

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71 DATA salaries;

72 INFILE"/home/u41426832/sasuser.v94/Salaries.txt";

73 LENGTH employeeID $20 rank $8 discipline $10 sex $5 ;

74 INPUT employeeID rank discipline sex ;

75 RUN;

NOTE: The infile "/home/u41426832/sasuser.v94/Salaries.txt" is:

Filename=/home/u41426832/sasuser.v94/Salaries.txt,

Owner Name=u41426832,Group Name=oda,

Access Permission=-rw-r--r--,

Last Modified=31Aug2019:14:05:17,

File Size (bytes)=14886

NOTE: 397 records were read from the infile "/home/u41426832/sasuser.v94/Salaries.txt".

The minimum record length was 34.

The maximum record length was 43.

NOTE: The data set WORK.SALARIES has 397 observations and 4 variables.

NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):

real time 0.00 seconds

user cpu time 0.00 seconds

system cpu time 0.00 seconds

memory 770.56k

OS Memory 29608.00k

Timestamp 08/31/2019 09:11:28 PM

Step Count 148 Switch Count 2

Page Faults 0

Page Reclaims 150

Page Swaps 0

Voluntary Context Switches 10

Involuntary Context Switches 0

Block Input Operations 0

Block Output Operations 264

76

77 proc print data=salaries;

78 run;

NOTE: There were 397 observations read from the data set WORK.SALARIES.

NOTE: PROCEDURE PRINT used (Total process time):

real time 0.43 seconds

user cpu time 0.43 seconds

system cpu time 0.00 seconds

memory 2367.09k

OS Memory 30120.00k

Timestamp 08/31/2019 09:11:28 PM

Step Count 149 Switch Count 0

Page Faults 0

Page Reclaims 151

Page Swaps 0

Voluntary Context Switches 0

Involuntary Context Switches 1

Block Input Operations 0

Block Output Operations 192

79

80 PROC FREQ data=salaries;

81 Table rank;

82 run;

NOTE: There were 397 observations read from the data set WORK.SALARIES.

NOTE: PROCEDURE FREQ used (Total process time):

real time 0.01 seconds

user cpu time 0.02 seconds

system cpu time 0.00 seconds

memory 1136.25k

OS Memory 30892.00k

Timestamp 08/31/2019 09:11:28 PM

Step Count 150 Switch Count 2

Page Faults 0

Page Reclaims 225

Page Swaps 0

Voluntary Context Switches 14

Involuntary Context Switches 0

Block Input Operations 0

Block Output Operations 264

83

84 PROC MEANS DATA=salaries;

85 CLASS sex rank;

86 VAR salary;

ERROR: Variable SALARY not found.

87 RUN;

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

NOTE: PROCEDURE MEANS used (Total process time):

real time 0.00 seconds

user cpu time 0.00 seconds

system cpu time 0.00 seconds

memory 491.96k

OS Memory 30632.00k

Timestamp 08/31/2019 09:11:28 PM

Step Count 151 Switch Count 0

Page Faults 0

Page Reclaims 49

Page Swaps 0

Voluntary Context Switches 0

Involuntary Context Switches 0

Block Input Operations 0

Block Output Operations 0

88

89 proc univariate data=salaries;

90 var employeeID $20 rank $8 discipline $10 sex $5;

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76

ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name, ;, -, :, _ALL_, _CHARACTER_, _CHAR_, _NUMERIC_.

ERROR 76-322: Syntax error, statement will be ignored.

91 histogram employeeID $20 rank $8 discipline $10 sex $5;

_

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76

ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name, ;, -, /, :, _ALL_, _CHARACTER_, _CHAR_, _NUMERIC_.

ERROR 76-322: Syntax error, statement will be ignored.

92 run;

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

NOTE: PROCEDURE UNIVARIATE used (Total process time):

real time 0.00 seconds

user cpu time 0.00 seconds

system cpu time 0.00 seconds

memory 527.96k

OS Memory 30632.00k

Timestamp 08/31/2019 09:11:28 PM

Step Count 152 Switch Count 0

Page Faults 0

Page Reclaims 50

Page Swaps 0

Voluntary Context Switches 0

Involuntary Context Switches 0

Block Input Operations 0

Block Output Operations 0

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User: u41426832

Messages: 16

This is also my log now and I am unsure where I am going wrong

Tom · Posted 08-31-2019 05:25 PM

You still seem to be having trouble with the forum editor. Make sure to use the Insert Code button pasting log lines.

So how do expect to do analysis of a variable named SALARY if you did not create that variable in the first step?

Perhaps that is one of the extra values?

ss1345 · Posted 08-31-2019 06:34 PM

DATA salaries;
INFILE"/home/u41426832/sasuser.v94/Salaries.txt";
LENGTH employeeID $20 rank $8 discipline $10 sex $5 ;
INPUT employeeID rank discipline sex ;
RUN;

proc print data=salaries;
run;

PROC FREQ data=salaries;
Table rank;
run;

PROC MEANS DATA=salaries;
CLASS sex rank;
VAR salary;
RUN;

proc univariate data=salaries;
var employeeID $20 rank $8 discipline $10 sex $5;
histogram employeeID $20 rank $8 discipline $10 sex $5;
run;

 
 1          OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;
 70         
 71         DATA salaries;
 72         INFILE"/home/u41426832/sasuser.v94/Salaries.txt";
 73         LENGTH employeeID $20 rank $8 discipline $10 sex $5 ;
 74         INPUT employeeID rank discipline sex ;
 75         RUN;
 
 NOTE: The infile "/home/u41426832/sasuser.v94/Salaries.txt" is:
       Filename=/home/u41426832/sasuser.v94/Salaries.txt,
       Owner Name=u41426832,Group Name=oda,
       Access Permission=-rw-r--r--,
       Last Modified=31Aug2019:14:05:17,
       File Size (bytes)=14886
 
 NOTE: 397 records were read from the infile "/home/u41426832/sasuser.v94/Salaries.txt".
       The minimum record length was 34.
       The maximum record length was 43.
 NOTE: The data set WORK.SALARIES has 397 observations and 4 variables.
 NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
       real time           0.17 seconds
       user cpu time       0.00 seconds
       system cpu time     0.00 seconds
       memory              764.75k
       OS Memory           27560.00k
       Timestamp           08/31/2019 10:15:25 PM
       Step Count                        24  Switch Count  2
       Page Faults                       0
       Page Reclaims                     186
       Page Swaps                        0
       Voluntary Context Switches        17
       Involuntary Context Switches      0
       Block Input Operations            32
       Block Output Operations           264
       
 
 76         
 77         proc print data=salaries;
 78         run;
 
 NOTE: There were 397 observations read from the data set WORK.SALARIES.
 NOTE: PROCEDURE PRINT used (Total process time):
       real time           0.42 seconds
       user cpu time       0.42 seconds
       system cpu time     0.00 seconds
       memory              2488.09k
       OS Memory           29352.00k
       Timestamp           08/31/2019 10:15:25 PM
       Step Count                        25  Switch Count  0
       Page Faults                       0
       Page Reclaims                     829
       Page Swaps                        0
       Voluntary Context Switches        0
       Involuntary Context Switches      1
       Block Input Operations            0
       Block Output Operations           192
       
 
 79         
 80         PROC FREQ data=salaries;
 81         Table rank;
 82         run;
 
 NOTE: There were 397 observations read from the data set WORK.SALARIES.
 NOTE: PROCEDURE FREQ used (Total process time):
       real time           0.01 seconds
       user cpu time       0.02 seconds
       system cpu time     0.00 seconds
       memory              1177.34k
       OS Memory           30124.00k
       Timestamp           08/31/2019 10:15:25 PM
       Step Count                        26  Switch Count  2
       Page Faults                       0
       Page Reclaims                     375
       Page Swaps                        0
       Voluntary Context Switches        11
       Involuntary Context Switches      0
       Block Input Operations            0
       Block Output Operations           264
       
 
 83         
 84         PROC MEANS DATA=salaries;
 85         CLASS sex rank;
 86         VAR salary;
 ERROR: Variable SALARY not found.
 87         RUN;
 
 NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
 NOTE: PROCEDURE MEANS used (Total process time):
       real time           0.00 seconds
       user cpu time       0.00 seconds
       system cpu time     0.00 seconds
       memory              494.09k
       OS Memory           29864.00k
       Timestamp           08/31/2019 10:15:25 PM
       Step Count                        27  Switch Count  0
       Page Faults                       0
       Page Reclaims                     105
       Page Swaps                        0
       Voluntary Context Switches        1
       Involuntary Context Switches      0
       Block Input Operations            0
       Block Output Operations           0
       
 88         
 
 
 89         proc univariate data=salaries;
 90         var employeeID $20 rank $8 discipline $10 sex $5;
                           _
                           22
                           76
 ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name, ;, -, :, _ALL_, _CHARACTER_, _CHAR_, _NUMERIC_.  
 ERROR 76-322: Syntax error, statement will be ignored.
 91         histogram employeeID $20 rank $8 discipline $10 sex $5;
                                 _
                                 22
                                 76
 ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name, ;, -, /, :, _ALL_, _CHARACTER_, _CHAR_, _NUMERIC_.  
 ERROR 76-322: Syntax error, statement will be ignored.
 92         run;
 
 NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
 NOTE: PROCEDURE UNIVARIATE used (Total process time):
       real time           0.00 seconds
       user cpu time       0.00 seconds
       system cpu time     0.00 seconds
       memory              502.40k
       OS Memory           29864.00k
       Timestamp           08/31/2019 10:15:25 PM
       Step Count                        28  Switch Count  0
       Page Faults                       0
       Page Reclaims                     104
       Page Swaps                        0
       Voluntary Context Switches        0
       Involuntary Context Switches      0
       Block Input Operations            0
       Block Output Operations           0
       
 93         
 94         OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;
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Tom · Posted 08-31-2019 06:45 PM

So you have two errors.

 84         PROC MEANS DATA=salaries;
 85         CLASS sex rank;
 86         VAR salary;
 ERROR: Variable SALARY not found.
 87         RUN;

You are asking PROC MEANS to analyze the variable SALARY but you did not create a variable with that name in your first data step. Does that data file have such a variable? Where is it on the line? Is it after the last variable you are reading with your INPUT statement?

 89         proc univariate data=salaries;
 90         var employeeID $20 rank $8 discipline $10 sex $5;
                           _
                           22
                           76
 ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name, ;, -, :, _ALL_, _CHARACTER_, _CHAR_, _NUMERIC_.  
 ERROR 76-322: Syntax error, statement will be ignored.
 91         histogram employeeID $20 rank $8 discipline $10 sex $5;
                                 _
                                 22
                                 76
 ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name, ;, -, /, :, _ALL_, _CHARACTER_, _CHAR_, _NUMERIC_.  
 ERROR 76-322: Syntax error, statement will be ignored.
 92         run;

Why does the VAR statement in your PROC UNIVARIATE step include those length values?

Also how is PROC UNIVARIATE going analyze character variables like RANK?

You need to give it NUMERIC variables.

PS You should see if you can figure out how to turn off the FULLSTIMER option. It is adding 12 extra lines to your SAS log for every step you run of information that is probably of absolutely no use to you now. They just make the logs longer and harder for you to read. You can always turn it back on if there is some issue where you want to see that level of detail.

ss1345 · Posted 08-31-2019 09:03 PM

I fixed it! Thank you so much for your help!

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