ERROR: DATA STEP Component Object failure. Aborted during the COMPILATION phase. ERROR 557-185

[mpeinado]

Hi, 

Im new to sas and Im getting this error on my code:

ERROR: DATA STEP Component Object failure. Aborted during the COMPILATION phase.

ERROR 557-185: Variable datasets is not an object.

Im just trying to create a new data with a known set...

proc contents data=datasets.nlsy1; /** checked it exists**/
run;

data cmc_obes.nlsy_clean;/** different library **/
set=datasets.nlsy1;
run;

any ideas on how to fix it?


Thanks, 

[SASKiwi · Accepted solution]

You have a syntax error - remove the equals sign from the SET statement:

data cmc_obes.nlsy_clean;/** different library **/
set datasets.nlsy1;
run;

[mpeinado]

thank you!!

[Tom]

The attempt to assign the value of datasets.nlsy1 to the variable SET is what is causing that error message. 

Referencing a name with a period in it in an expression is reserved for what SAS calls objects.  Like hash objects.