base sas

[don21]

Hi Tom,

Thankyou for the inputs but, still the query fails due to the file names .

Error:
11 + proc import datafile= " ." out= RM Deliquent Repayment Exception (label= " ." ); run;
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22
76
ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: ;, (, DATAFILE, DATATABLE, DBMS, DEBUG, FILE, OUT, REPLACE, TABLE,
_DEBUG_.

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

[andreas_lds]

The string "RM Deliquent Repayment Exception" is not a valid name.  You will need to add code to sanitize the sheet-name so that it can be used as dataset-name. The functions compress and translate will be useful. You should check if two different filenames have the same cleaned name to avoid overwriting already imported files.

[Reeza]

SAS file names are 32 characters in length, start with a letter or underscore and can only contain alphanumeric characters and underscores, no spaces. Your names don't align with that. You can use longer names with spaces but then you also need to type it out that way every time and as a programmer I would never recommend that. It's a major PITA.

I'm not sure if you didn't put a file name or removed it from the log...but it shouldn't be a period for sure.

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@don21 wrote:
Hi Tom,

Thankyou for the inputs but, still the query fails due to the file names .

Error:
11 + proc import datafile= " ."  out= RM Deliquent Repayment Exception (label= " ." ); run;
_________
22
76
ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: ;, (, DATAFILE, DATATABLE, DBMS, DEBUG, FILE, OUT, REPLACE, TABLE,
_DEBUG_.

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

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