If then do syntax error

[murad130]

I am very new to SAS. Below is the code I used for an if then do statement, but I am getting a syntax error message for the "end;" statement:

DATA Temp_Data;

X2 = X1;

X3 =0

 if missing(X2) then do;

    X2 = 5;

    X3 = 1;

end;

run;

The error message states:

"ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: ..........."

What am I doing wrong?

Please advise. Thanks.

[Reeza · Accepted solution]

You're missing a semicolon on the previous line.

Not sure what version of SAS you have but I get that error message directly:

126  DATA Temp_Data;
127  X2 = X1;
128  X3 =0
129   if missing(X2) then do;
      --
      79
ERROR 79-322: Expecting a ;.

130      X2 = 5;
131      X3 = 1;
132  end;
133  run;

NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of
      errors.
WARNING: The data set WORK.TEMP_DATA may be incomplete.  When
         this step was stopped there were 0 observations and 3
         variables.
NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
      real time           0.13 seconds
      cpu time            0.01 seconds

[murad130]

Thank you Reeza,

This was very helpful!