Macro Error: PROC PHREG/Statement is not valid or it is used out of proper order.

[_MooMoo]

Hello SAS community!

I ran into an error that I cannot solve. 

I am trying to run proc phreg within a macro. The portion of the code is presented below...

For some reason, I am having a following error message. 

Any advises are welcome! Thank you.

[ballardw]

What is the R1 option supposed to do? I don't find that as an option on the model statement in the documentation.

If you borrow options from other procedures they don't always exist in others or may need other steps to accomplish similar tasks.

[_MooMoo]

It is RL option used in PROC PHREG. It adds confidence interval to the output.

[Reeza]

Test your code outside of a macro first, with hardcoded values. If you get the same error then your issue is with code not your macro logic or variable resolution. Otherwise the issue is your macro logic.

[_MooMoo]

Thanks for your suggestion. I did test outside of a macro and it worked. It is bizarre that it only does not work when it is inside of the macro...

[FreelanceReinh · Accepted solution]

Hello @_MooMoo,

Correct the definition of macro variable ADJ_STRAT. Apparently, it contains a semicolon, which ends the MODEL statement so that "/rl ..." appears as the beginning of a new, of course invalid statement.

[_MooMoo]

Thanks! This was it!