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Rookatu
Rookatu

Reputation: 1507

Can't seem to input simple character data

Today is my first day working with SAS.

I wanted to build a minimum working example to illustrate a more complicated problem, but couldn't get the following code to work:

DATA temp; 
    INPUT a $ b $ c $;

    DATALINES; 
    home beer pizza
    school tea brocoli
    school juice sandwiches
    park coke macarons;

RUN;

I get the following error after the last line of the DATA step:

ERROR 180-322: Statement is not valid or it is used out of proper order.

Any idea what the snag is here? Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 72

Answers (1)

Reeza
Reeza

Reputation: 21294

Move the last semicolon to a separate line. You'll be able to tell in the editor because the lines will turn yellow.

DATA temp; 
    INPUT a $ b $ c $;

    DATALINES; 
    home beer pizza
    school tea brocoli
    school juice sandwiches
    park coke macarons
    ;

RUN;

Upvotes: 3

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