Date:         Sat, 8 May 2004 11:38:27 -0700
Reply-To:     "Miller, John" <millerj@WSIPP.WA.GOV>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Miller, John" <millerj@WSIPP.WA.GOV>
Subject:      Missing %MEND statement.

Does anybody have a better approach to this problem?



Every once in awhile I like to amuse myself by putting an odd number of
quotes in the macro I am developing so that I can get entangled in the
whimsical world of "Missing %MEND statement".  I then enjoy a fast round of
play which goes like this:



-          submit a quote in the hope that I can clear the problem

-          submit a semi-colon for the same reason

-          submit a %mend; to see if I have done any good

-          sigh deeply and proceed to submit varying numbers of quotes,
semi-colons and %mends

-          admit that I may have to kill SAS and start over to get out of
this loop

-          stare menacingly at log statements like the following, then get a
cup of coffee:



19731  ";

WARNING: Missing %MEND statement.



19732  ";

WARNING: Missing %MEND statement.



19733  %mend;

ERROR: Macro keyword MEND appears as text.  A semicolon or other delimiter
may be missing.

WARNING: Missing %MEND statement.



19734  %mend;

ERROR: Macro keyword MEND appears as text.  A semicolon or other delimiter
may be missing.

WARNING: Missing %MEND statement.



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John Miller

Washington State Institute for Public Policy

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millerj@wsipp.wa.gov

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