Intnx with same day

[David_Billa]

Can someone of you help me understand what's wrong with this code? I could see missing values in 'dt' in the result.

data test;
dt=intnx("year",today(),-1,same);
format dt date9.;
run;

[PaigeMiller]

Is not the log clear in this case in identifying the error?

 69         data test;
 70         dt=intnx("year",today(),-1,same);
 71         format dt date9.;
 72         run;
 
 NOTE: Numeric values have been converted to character values at the places given by: (Line):(Column).
       70:28   
 NOTE: Variable same is uninitialized.
 NOTE: Argument 4 to function INTNX('year',22837,-1,'           .') at line 70 column 4 is invalid.
 dt=. same=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=1

It says the variable SAME is uninitialized, you can't use it. 

Can you figure out what to change to make this work?

[David_Billa]

No, it's not clear to me. 'same' is not the keyword here?

[PaigeMiller · Accepted solution]

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@David_Billa wrote:
No, it's not clear to me. 'same' is not the keyword here?

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Hint: you did not type code with 'same', you typed code with same

[Kurt_Bremser]

Always keep in mind: anything that is not a number, a format (where appropriate) or enclosed in quotes is always interpreted as a variable name.