Hi: In addition to seeing your data and your code, including the ODS statements, the presence of exponential numbers does not necessarily mean the output file is corrupted. It could mean that the format you used for the number was not large enough in width to display the entire number. Cynthia ... View more

Thank you so much it's working. ... View more

I'm not sure of the value of answering a 5+ year old question but that is your prerogative. ... View more

  Sadly this simple feature has been requested for as long as I remember, and SAS never did anything.    Follow the link for a nasty workaround.   Another way is to use %abort cancel;  or data t; abort cancel; run;   You have to test manually though.   ... View more

You will need to check the -SASUSER setting in your SAS configuration file(s)   What may have happened is that -SASUSER is pointing to a network drive that became unmapped. ... View more

@ganeshsas764 wrote: Hi ,   I tried below-mentioned code but I am getting error,     When you get errors it really helps to share the actual error. Best is to copy the code submitted with the error and other messages from log and paste into a code box opened using the forum {I} icon. The code box will preserve formatting of error messages.   Note that DDE may be interfered with by other programs that are running on your computer. I know that Cisco Jabber is one and that the process, not just  the application window, have to be killed before DDE will work on my computer. ... View more

super ,  Thank you  ... View more

I'm not sure of the value of answering a 5+ year old question but that is your prerogative. ... View more

And if you have SAS/STAT 13.1 or higher, you can use PROC SURVEYSELECT also to literally select every 5th observation (without any random component): proc surveyselect data=a out=b method=sys(start=5) rate=0.2; run; ... View more

Please show the exact name of the file. If you are trying to use a SAS function to determine a value for TODAY to build the correct file name it is possible but we would need to see what the file name looks like to make useable suggestions.   Another optiom though likely more complicated is to use the SAS external file functions to open a directory (DOPEN), search for properties (Doptnum ), identify the property that the operating system uses to specify creation date (Doptname) and find files with the desired date (Dread) and likely a few more steps. ... View more