Date:         Sun, 14 Aug 2005 15:17:06 -0700
Reply-To:     ALEX GOULD <alex.gould@STANFORD.EDU>
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From:         ALEX GOULD <alex.gould@STANFORD.EDU>
Subject:      Re: using format statement in proc summary
Comments: To: Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
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Hi everyone,

Thanks for the thoughts from Art et al.

I actually ended up solving the problem by addressing the formatting in the
prior DATA step rather than the PROC SUMMARY step, and it worked just fine.

I think that the problem was that SAS wasn't reading the lines from the text
program completely... when I read the log, it's like it was reading the word
"format" as a variable.

Take care,
Alex

> Alex,
>
> What message is SAS returning that makes you say it doesn't like the way
> you set it up?  Your code seems correct.  If you are running the sections
> separately, the proc summary won't run until it encounters a 'run'
> statement.
>
> Art
> ----------
> On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 11:27:50 -0400, Alex Gould <alex.gould@STANFORD.EDU>
> wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm trying to use a format line (in my proc summary statement) that will
> >convert my SAS date values to a calendar date.  Although I think I have
> the
> >informat right, for some reason SAS does not like the way I have set it
> up.
> > I have reproduced it here if anyone has any thoughts.  Thanks!
> >
> >Alex