Invalid third argument to function SUBSTR Posted 04-01-2019 11:29 AM (2390 views) I don't know how to revise the third argument that is producing the error message. It is referring to the line bolded below. Any suggestions much appreciated. if indexw(name_last,' AKA ') then do;...
By default, the characters in this list are removed from the source argument. If you specify the K modifier in the third argument, then only the characters in this list are kept in the result. Tip: You can add more characters to this list by using ...
Special Variables with Values That Are Set by PROC NLIN The values of the following six special variables are set by PROC NLIN and should not be reset to a different value by programming statements: _ERROR_ _ITER_ _MODEL_ is set to 1 if a numerical error or invalid argument to a ...
rounds the first argument to the nearest multiple of the second argument, or to the nearest integer when the second argument is omitted. ROUNDE rounds the first argument to the nearest multiple of the second argument, and returns an even multiple when the first argument is halfway between the...
The resulting character value will have leading blanks,which might cause problems when you perform an operation or function. P378、 Note If you specify an invalid date in the MDY function,SASassigns a missing value to the target variable. data dec.review98; set dec.review; ReviewDate=mdy(15...
('fref'); /* corrected the function argument */ do Line = 1 to dnum(List); File = compress(trim(dread(List,Line))); output; end; drop list line; run; /* Creating global macro variables */ /* not "local" */ data _NULL_; set FilesInFolder end=final; call symput(cats(...
SUBSTRN This function extracts a substring using the start and end positions. In case of no end position is mentioned it extracts all the characters till end of the string. Syntax SUBSTRN('stringval',p1,p2) Following is the description of the parameters used − stringval is the value ...
(cntllev=rec dbkey=i ) keyÛkey; if (_iorc_ = %sysrc(_sok)) then replace; else output; run; If you run the DATA step MODIFY code with the SAS/ACCESS Interface to Teradata, you obtain the following error message: "ERROR: Teradata update: Parcel kind or ordering is invalid. SQL ...
I'm getting teh folloiwng error: Invalid third argument to function SUBSTR The variable cdcode is text and 14 characters long. Here's my code: data new; set old; length co $2 dist $5 sch $7; co=substr(cdcode, 1,2); dist=substr(cdcode, 3,7); sch=substr(cdcode,8,14); run...
NOTE: Invalid third argument to function SUBSTR at line 554 column 12.WARNING: Limit set by ERRORS= option reached. Further errors of this type will not be printed. --Tb If you suppress those errors how will you know when you actually have an error or incorrect parameter passed? If ther...