file print

[BrahmanandaRao]

data ds;
file print;
std='10-jan-10'd  ;
end='25-sep-19'd  ;
format std  end date9.	;
years=intck('year',std,end);
months=intck('month',std,end);
days=intck('day',std,end);
display=":" || years   months  days || ":";
put display;
run;

why file print output not properly come

required output using file print and display

years:9 months:116 days:3545

[Kurt_Bremser]

Read the log and fix the ERROR.

[Patrick · Accepted solution]

@BrahmanandaRao 

Your syntax concatenating variables to populate variable Display is syntactically wrong. That's what the SAS Log will tell you.

To get to the desired output as posted you don't need to concatenate the variables. Just use a Put statement as done below.

data ds;
  file print;
  std='10-jan-10'd;
  end='25-sep-19'd;
  format std  end date9.;
  years=intck('year',std,end);
  months=intck('month',std,end);
  days=intck('day',std,end);
/*  display=":" || years ||  months || days || ":";*/
  put years= months= days=;
  stop;
run;

[BrahmanandaRao]

Thank you Partick sir

Regards,

Anand