Exclamation mark in log

[CathyVI]

In a sas log where everything seems to look right. When you get an exclamation mark (!) in sas log does that signify an error and should I be concern about my codes.

data test2;

set test;

if x=1 then do;

if

! sum( a,b,c,

!d, e)=0 then y=1;

end;

run;

[Tom · Accepted solution]

Usually it means your lines of code are too long.  If the lines of code are longer than the line length used for the LOG then the wrapped lines of code are tagged with the !.

Lines of text in a program that is going to be read and edited by humans should be limited to about 75 characters each.  Otherwise the human will need to scan left and right to review the code.  Think about how newspapers organize articles on a page into columns.

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@CathyVI wrote:

In a sas log where everything seems to look right. When you get an exclamation mark (!) in sas log does that signify an error and should I be concern about my codes.

data test2;

set test;

if x=1 then do;

if

! sum( a,b,c,

!d, e)=0 then y=1;

end;

run;

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You should have show the log.  Notice that line 44 is displayed multiple times.