MACRO VARIABLE SYSERR

[Manikanta]

Hi All ,

I just come across one issue while working on SYSERR.  As per my knowledge SYSERR capture numeric value (greater then 0) when error occurs in program . However for below code we can see error called file work.run.data does not exist . But still SYSERR value is 0 in log .

Can any one please tell me how to get below error in SYSERR. 

data one;

set two

run; 

ERROR : File WORK.RUN.DATA does not exist .

%put &syserr;

Thanks in advance .

[Astounding]

It's likely that the %PUT statement executed before the DATA step executed, because there is no RUN statement.  Try it this way and see if you get a nonzero value:

data one;

set two

run;

run;

%put &syserr;

[Reeza]

You missed a semi-colon in your SET statement, so don't have a RUN statement so the procedure doesn't complete.

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@Manikanta wrote:

Hi All ,

I just come across one issue while working on SYSERR.  As per my knowledge SYSERR capture numeric value (greater then 0) when error occurs in program . However for below code we can see error called file work.run.data does not exist . But still SYSERR value is 0 in log .

Can any one please tell me how to get below error in SYSERR. 

data one;

set two

run; 

ERROR : File WORK.RUN.DATA does not exist .

%put &syserr;

Thanks in advance .

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