## SAS Proc step error

[sasbrakesh]

Dear Experts,

I have been trying to run the simple SAS base program statement

data males sasuser.females;
Set sashelp.class;
If sex = 'M' then output males;
If sex = 'F' then output females;
Run;

proc print data = males;
var name age;
run;

proc print data = sasuser.females;
run;

please find the attached error ,could you please correct the mistake?

NOTE: SAS initialization used:
real time 0.97 seconds
cpu time 0.59 seconds

1 data males sasuser.females;
2 Set sashelp.class;
3 If sex = 'M' then output males;
4 If sex = 'F' then output females;
-------
455
ERROR 455-185: Data set was not specified on the DATA statement.

5 Run;

NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
WARNING: The data set WORK.MALES may be incomplete. When this step was stopped there were 0
observations and 5 variables.
WARNING: The data set SASUSER.FEMALES may be incomplete. When this step was stopped there
were 0 observations and 5 variables.
NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
real time 0.02 seconds
cpu time 0.03 seconds

6 proc print data = males;
7 var name age;
8 run;

NOTE: No observations in data set WORK.MALES.
NOTE: PROCEDURE PRINT used (Total process time):
real time 0.02 seconds
cpu time 0.03 seconds

9 proc print data = sasuser.females;
10 run;

NOTE: No observations in data set SASUSER.FEMALES.
NOTE: PROCEDURE PRINT used (Total process time):
real time 0.01 seconds
cpu time 0.00 seconds

Regards,

Rakesh

[Kurt_Bremser]

A single-stage dataset name will always point to WORK (or USER, if such a library is defined). Therefore female is taken as WORK.FEMALE, and is different from SASUSER.FEMALE. You just need to be consistent in naming your datasets in the data and output statements.

[ballardw · Accepted solution]

See something not quite the same here?

1 data males sasuser.females;
2 Set sashelp.class;
3 If sex = 'M' then output males;
4 If sex = 'F' then output females;

BTW using the SASUSER library is often not the best idea as SAS uses that library and contents may be affected by upgrades and/or reinstallation. If you want a permanent library assign your own so that you have control over where it is and what happens.