array using holidaytest fx

[bibbnd]

I need to capture the 4th business day of the month and check to see if it is a holiday. if the day is a holiday than use the next business day.  I only need to check the 3 holidays listed below. 

options EVENTDS=(DEFAULTS); <== I ADD THIS BECAUSE OF ERROR BUT STILL DOESNT HELP

data _null_;
call symput('run_date',intnx('month',today(),0, 'b'));
run;

%put &run_date.;

/*SNAP SHOT BIZ DAY 4 */

data test; 

format new_bus_day bus  bus_DAY NEXT_BUS_DAY  date9.;

ARRAY hol(3)  $  Christmas USINDEPENDENCE newyear; 

bus_day = intnx('weekday',intnx('month','31jul2024'd, -1,'e'),4);

next_bus_day = intnx('weekday',intnx('month','31jul2024'd,-1,'e'),5);

DO I=1 TO 3;

        holiday=hol{i};

     IF holidaytest(holiday,bus_day)>0 THEN New_BUS_DAY=NEXT_BUS_DAY;

    ELSE New_BUS_DAY=BUS_DAY;

   END;

RUN;

i keep getting the following error when i try to use arrays to pass the value of the holidaytest fx

WARNING: In a call to the HOLIDAYTEST function or routine, the date keyword was not defined using the EVENTDS system option.
NOTE: Argument 1 to function HOLIDAYTEST(' ',23561) at line 45 column 9 is invalid.
WARNING: In a call to the HOLIDAYTEST function or routine, the date keyword was not defined using the EVENTDS system option.
NOTE: Argument 1 to function HOLIDAYTEST(' ',23561) at line 45 column 9 is invalid.
WARNING: In a call to the HOLIDAYTEST function or routine, the date keyword was not defined using the EVENTDS system option.
NOTE: Argument 1 to function HOLIDAYTEST(' ',23561) at line 45 column 9 is invalid.
new_bus_day=04JUL2024 business_day1=06JUN2024 bus_DAY=04JUL2024 NEXT_BUS_DAY=05JUL2024 business_day3=04JUL2024 business_day4=.
business_day5=. Christmas= USINDEPENDENCE= newyear= I=4 holiday= _ERROR_=1 _N_=1
NOTE: Mathematical operations could not be performed at the following places. The results of the operations have been set to
missing values.
Each place is given by: (Number of times) at (Line):(Column).
3 at 45:9

[ballardw · Accepted solution]

The first parameter of the HOLIDAYTEST function is a string value that hopefully is the name of a holiday.

Your array maybe should be:

ARRAY hol(3)  $ 20 _temporary_( 'Christmas', 'USINDEPENDENCE', 'newyear'); 

_temporary_ means the variables Hol1 through Hol3 are not added to your data set the the values in the parentheses initialize the array values.