I am reading a field that can either be a packed numeric (PD2.) or an alpha character ($2.). Since I only care if it is a number, I am reading it as PD2. format. I know I can limit the number of error messages, but is there a way to suppress the message when it encounters a character value in this field? ... View more

Code: PROC SORT DATA=ND NODUPS; BY ITEM; RUN; PROC SORT DATA=DUPS; BY ITEM; RUN; DATA COMBINE; MERGE DUPS(IN=OK1) ND(IN=OK2); BY ITEM; IF OK1; The 'ND' dataset should not have any duplicate rcds (log shows several were deleted). So why is log showing: "Note: MERGE statement has more than one data set with repeats of BY values." ??? ... View more