Date:         Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:34:06 -0700
Reply-To:     Rune Runnestø <rune@FASTLANE.NO>
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From:         Rune Runnestø <rune@FASTLANE.NO>
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Subject:      ERROR: Open code statement recursion detected
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The dataset DS1 represent metadata for generating %global statements.
These statements are
written to a file, and then included as executable code. But when
submitting the code, I get an
error message, I guess due to lacking semicolon behind some of the
statements. I can't figure out
why semicolon is missing behind some statements and not behind others.
I don't understand why
semicolon are missing at all.

data ds1;
   infile datalines;
   input dsname $10.;
   datalines;
_Aksjer
_Ansatte
_Koder
_Kommuner
_Seltyper
_Skatter
;
run;
filename fn1  "D:\temp\fn1.sas";

%macro create_global_mvars;
   data _null_;
      set ds1 ;
      call symput ("nr", _N_);
      call symput ("dsname"   ||put(_N_, 8. -L), compress(dsname));
   run;

   data _null_;
      set ds1 end = last;
      file fn1 linesize = 32767;
      if _n_ = 1 then do;
         %do i = 1 %to &nr;
            x01 = '%global ant_' || "&&dsname&i ;" ;
            put @01 x01;
         %end;
      end;
   run;
%mend;
%create_global_mvars;
%include fn1 / source2;
/*
This is the content of D:\temp\fn1.sas:
%global ant__Aksjer ;
%global ant__Ansatte
%global ant__Koder ;
%global ant__Kommuner
%global ant__Seltyper
%global ant__Skatter



This is the message from the log:

NOTE: %INCLUDE (level 1) file FN1 is file D:\temp\fn1.sas.
2208 +%global ant__Aksjer ;
2209 +%global ant__Ansatte
2210 +%global ant__Koder ;
ERROR: Open code statement recursion detected.
2211 +%global ant__Kommuner
ERROR: Open code statement recursion detected.
2212 +%global ant__Seltyper
2213 +%global ant__Skatter
NOTE: %INCLUDE (level 1) ending.


I just wonder why the semicolon is missing behind 4 of
these 6 statements. I guess that is the reason for the
error message in the log ?
*/


Regards, Rune