What's wrong? %macro bugs; data person; infile datalines delimiter=','; input name $ dept $; datalines; John,Sales Mary,Acctng ; run; %mend; %bugs; 1 The SAS System 17:16 Wednesday, September 26, 2012 1 ;*';*";*/;quit;run; 2 OPTIONS PAGENO=MIN; 3 %_eg_hidenotesandsource; 17 18 %macro bugs; 19 data person; 20 infile datalines delimiter=','; 21 input name $ dept $; 22 datalines; 23 John,Sales 24 Mary,Acctng 25 ; 26 run; 27 %mend; 28 29 %bugs; ERROR: The macro BUGS generated CARDS (data lines) for the DATA step, which could cause incorrect results. The DATA step and the macro will stop executing. NOTE: The data set WORK.PERSON has 0 observations and 2 variables. NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time): real time 0.00 seconds cpu time 0.01 seconds ERROR: The macro BUGS will stop executing. 30 31 %_eg_hidenotesandsource; 43 44 45 QUIT; RUN; 46 But " data person; infile datalines delimiter=','; input name $ dept $; datalines; John,Sales Mary,Acctng ; run; " is correct!
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