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*****/
data want(drop=make origin compress=yes); set sashelp.cars; run;
@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);_2276ERROR 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.
Remove the additional parenthesis.
data want(drop=make origin compress=yes); set sashelp.cars; run;
@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);_2276ERROR 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.
Remove the additional parenthesis.
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