Error running this code on SAS elearning platform

[Jukon2]

Running the SAS code below generates this error:

ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name, a quoted string,

a numeric constant, a datetime constant, a missing value, INPUT, PUT.

30 run;

SAS Code:

/*use the COMPBL function to read Location and convert each occurrence of two or more consecutive blanks into a single blank*/

data weather_japan_clean;

set pg2.weather_japan;

NewLocation=compbl(Location);

NewStation= ;

run;

This can be found as a response to Lesson 3 > Using Character Functions > Activity > 1.

Kindly review and assist provide correct response

[Reeza]

Please post the exact log. That will often include more information about exactly where the error is. It usually includes a line and column number in fact that lets you start to figure out where the error may be.

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@Jukon2 wrote:

Running the SAS code below generates this error:

ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name, a quoted string,

a numeric constant, a datetime constant, a missing value, INPUT, PUT.

30 run;

SAS Code:

/*use the COMPBL function to read Location and convert each occurrence of two or more consecutive blanks into a single blank*/

data weather_japan_clean;

set pg2.weather_japan;

NewLocation=compbl(Location);

NewStation= ;

run;

This can be found as a response to Lesson 3 > Using Character Functions > Activity > 1.

Kindly review and assist provide correct response

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[Kurt_Bremser]

NewStation= ;

This is invalid code. You have to supply an expression on the right side of the equal sign. Even if you want it to be a missing value.

[Jukon2]

I agree with you but this is how it was provided on the elearning platform as a response to one of the activity questions.

I've reached out to their customer service and hope to get a response?

[Reeza]

I would expect that to be the exercise, where you would then fill in the code for that line. If it's being shown as a solution, it would be wrong.

[Kurt_Bremser]

Please copy/paste the question and code here, so we can have a look.

[Jukon2]

Nope. this is not an exercise please. It is an answer to a question by the instructor. Still the instructor to look into this.

[Kurt_Bremser]

If this is an actual answer from your instructor, you need to get a new instructor. This one's broken 😉

[Jukon2]

Please find question and answer below.

Open p203a06.sas from the activities folder and perform the following tasks:

• Complete the NewLocation assignment statement to use the COMPBL function to read Location and convert each occurrence of two or more consecutive blanks into a single blank.

data weather_japan_clean;
    set pg2.weather_japan;
    NewLocation=compbl(Location);
    NewStation= ;
run;

..

It will be nice to put ' ' in that space but I can't tell what the instructor was trying to depict or explain further. Thanks anyway.

[Reeza]

Which course is this? Not seeing it in the Programming 1 course, so I'm assuming it's a different one?

[Jukon2]

Data manipulation Techniques

Lesson 3 > Using Character Functions > Activity > 1.

Kindly review and assist provide correct response

SAS Code:

/*use the COMPBL function to read Location and convert each occurrence of two or more consecutive blanks into a single blank*/

data weather_japan_clean;

set pg2.weather_japan;

NewLocation=compbl(Location);

NewStation= ;

run;

This can be found as a response to Lesson 3 > Using Character Functions > Activity > 1.

Kindly review and assist provide correct response

[Reeza]

You'll have to wait for SAS Learning to respond, most people won't have access to the course. You've already mentioned that you've contacted them, so that's the best course at the moment. FYI - the courses have been recently re-designed so it's definitely possible there's bugs in them still.

[Jukon2]

Most probably!. Thanks for responding.