SAS getting closed when i run this code.

[kuridisanjeev]

Hi All..

SAS getting automatically closed when i run this bellow code..

Is this a bug???Any IDEA???

Proc Format;

value xyz

        1="Yes"

         2="NO";

run;

Now i supposed to add one more value to this format for the value 3.

i am writing code like this..

Proc Format;

value xyz

        3="Don't know"

         other=[xyz.];

run;

Actually in above code i have to specify new format name,but i forgot and i did't get any error too.

Now i am applying this format to a dataset;

data a;

input x;

format x xyz.;

cards;

1

2

3

;

run;

i really wondered after running above code ,because SAS getting Closed automatically.i tried this for  couple of times but same result.

Why this is happening???

Any Idea about this????

Thanks &Regards..

Sanjeev.K 

[AncaTilea]

I ran the code below (your code, with a very small modification -- in bold) and in worked.

Proc Format;

value xyz

        1="Yes"

         2="No"

         ;

quit;

proc format;

value abc    3="Don't know"

                    other = [xyz.]

        ;

quit;

data a;

input x;

format x abc.;

cards;

1

2

3

;

run;

Can you give more details about what SAS version you are using?

[kuridisanjeev]

Hi..

Thanks For your response..

Am using SAS 9.2 version now

and coming to your code modification,

i mentioned in my post as "Actually in above code i have to specify new format name,but i forgot and i did't get any error too".

so I too changed format name and it worked perfectly.

But my question is why SAS getting closed when i run previous code.????

[AncaTilea]

When I ran your original code it did not close SAS.

Not sure what may have been the issue.

Glad it's working now; but it would be good to know what caused SAS to behave this way.

Best of luck!

[kuridisanjeev]

Which Version are you using..???

[AncaTilea]

I am using 9.3.

But my coworker just ran it on 9.2 and it closed.

Weird.

[Astounding]

The original program had a recursive format definition ... to look up a value in the XYZ format, look for "3" and if it's not there then look in the XYZ format.  That this situation closed SAS looks like a bug that was fixed in 9.3.  I would expect that 9.3 gives you some sort of related message when you try the original code.

[AncaTilea]

You are correct, Astounding.

This is the error from SAS(9.3):

ERROR: XYZ is given as a format-as-label within the format of the same name. This would cause

       recursion and is not allowed.

[kuridisanjeev]

Hi  ...

Did you get any error message in the log when you ran the original code in SAS 9.3 version??

If yes,Could you please post the log message...

Thanks

Sanjeev.K

[AncaTilea]

I did, right before you posted.

[kuridisanjeev]

my browser did't get refreshed...:-)

any way thank you..

Regards..

Sanjeev.K