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Obsidian | Level 7 scb
Obsidian | Level 7

When I run the below code, I got the error message, anyone can help? Thanks.

 

proc datasets lib=TEST;
audit WANT;
initiate;
USER_VAR _REASON_CHANGE_ $30;
quit;

 


DATA TEST.WANT;
MODIFY TEST.WANT;
WHERE NO IN (SELECT DISTINCT OLD_NO FROM REFERRAL);
REFERRAL="N";
_REASON_CHANGE_ = "Refer Case";
RUN;

 

ERROR: Syntax error while parsing WHERE clause.
ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a quoted string,
a numeric constant, a datetime constant, a missing value, -.

ERROR 76-322: Syntax error, statement will be ignored.

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Kurt_Bremser
Super User

select is only valid in proc sql, not in a data step.

You might want to use a data step merge to find the observations that need to be changed.

Please supply example data (in data steps with datalines) to work with.

ChrisBrooks
Ammonite | Level 13

You're trying to mix data step code with SQL i.e. SELECT DISTINCT OLD_NO FROM REFERRAL is SQL and the rest is data step. They're two completely different (albeit SAS supported) languages.

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