drop and compress statement

[CathyVI]

Hi,

I have always encounter this slight issue when coding. I want to drop or keep a variable and also use the compress statement. How do I code this correctly?.

For example:

data monthly_06 (drop=hospice) (compress=yes);
set a.monthly_06;

run;

/****Error log page*****/

73 Data monthly_06 (drop= hospice) (compress=yes);

                                                           _

                                                          22

                                                          76

ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name, a quoted string, /, ;, _DATA_, _LAST_, _NULL_.

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

[Reeza · Accepted solution]

data want(drop=make origin compress=yes);
 set sashelp.cars;
 run;

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@CathyVI wrote:

Hi,

I have always encounter this slight issue when coding. I want to drop or keep a variable and also use the compress statement. How do I code this correctly?.

For example:

data monthly_06 (drop=hospice) (compress=yes);
set a.monthly_06;

run;

/****Error log page*****/

73 Data monthly_06 (drop= hospice) (compress=yes);

                                                           _

                                                          22

                                                          76

ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name, a quoted string, /, ;, _DATA_, _LAST_, _NULL_.

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

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Remove the additional parenthesis.