My data is birthweight vs gestation length for a class. 666 observations. I'm using the SAS university version and I can't figure out how to get the errors to go away. I have tried removing the 'g', removing the word 'under', taking out extra spaces. I just checked the data and there are no holes. Although my frequency table says I'm missing 1 value. I need to export my new data set with my new variables and their categories, but I an getting this error and the categories are not populating in to my new data set.
My input:
DATA BIOSTAT.CPD4;
SET BIOSTAT.CPD;
LABEL Under 1000g = "Under 1000 (grams)"
Over 1000g = "Over 1000 (grams)"
Under 800g = "Under 800 (grams)"
800g-1200g = "800 - 1200 (grams)"
Over 1200g = "Over 1200 (grams)"
22-31 weeks = "Under 31 weeks"
31-40 weeks = "Over 31 weeks"
22-27 weeks = "Under 27 weeks"
27-31 weeks = "27-31 weeks"
31-40 weeks = "Over 31 weeks";
RUN;
Info from the log page:
911 DATA BIOSTAT.CPD4;
912 SET BIOSTAT.CPD;
913 LABEL Under 1000 = "Under 1000 (grams)"
----
73
200
ERROR 73-322: Expecting an =.
ERROR 200-322: The symbol is not recognized and will be ignored.
914 Over 1000g = "Over 1000 (grams)"
915 Under 800g = "Under 800 (grams)"
916 800g-1200g = "800 - 1200 (grams)"
917 Over 1200g = "Over 1200 (grams)"
918 22-31 weeks = "Under 31 weeks"
919 31-40 weeks = "Over 31 weeks"
920 22-27 weeks = "Under 27 weeks"
921 27-31 weeks = "27-31 weeks"
922 31-40 weeks = "Over 31 weeks";
923 RUN;
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
WARNING: The data set BIOSTAT.CPD4 may be incomplete. When this step was stopped there were 0
observations and 5 variables.
WARNING: Data set BIOSTAT.CPD4 was not replaced because this step was stopped.
NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
real time 0.06 seconds
cpu time 0.00 seconds
Please let me know if I'm completely screwing this up. It's due on this coming Friday.
In the label statement, you have to give actual (valid) SAS variable names.
Under 1000g is not a valid SAS variable name. Valid SAS variable names cannot have spaces in them. You might want to do a PROC CONTENTS to find what the actual variable names are in BIOSTAT.CPD4
In the label statement, you have to give actual (valid) SAS variable names.
Under 1000g is not a valid SAS variable name. Valid SAS variable names cannot have spaces in them. You might want to do a PROC CONTENTS to find what the actual variable names are in BIOSTAT.CPD4
The LABEL statement has the syntax
LABEL varname = "string";
You are getting errors because you are not specifying the name of a SAS variable. To find the names of the variables, use
PROC CONTENTS data=BIASTAT.CPD sort;
run;
I would really suggest you take some basic SAS lessons, maybe watch the SAS videos. This is a very basic question. Using the Label statement in your datastep is to label variables. It has the form:
label <variablename> <labeltext> [<variablename> <labeltext>];
This:
LABEL Under 1000g = "Under 1000 (grams)"
Does not conform to that at all, as Under 1000g is not a valid SAS variable Name. Without further information as to what you are attempting its hard to say, but I would think the variable with the label "Under 1000g" has a name, and it is this name you need to put there, say it was called
I literally just found out about this program for school in August. Basic questions lead to easy answers, no? Thanks for your help 🙂
You might also want to take a look at Proc FORMAT as well. It seems that may be what you are looking for.
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