Date:         Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:23:51 -0700
Reply-To:     Anaconda <rune@FASTLANE.NO>
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From:         Anaconda <rune@FASTLANE.NO>
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Subject:      ERROR: DATA STEP Component Object failure
Comments: To: sas-l@uga.edu
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Here is a simple piece of code that causes an error and warning in the
SAS log. I don't understand this errror message, what it tries to tell
me:

data testdata;
   length Testpunkt $2.;
   input Testpunkt;
   datalines;
02
09
09
09
16
16
17
19
19
;
run;
Filename GenFile "D:\SAS_KODE\Generate_testdata.sas";
data _null_;
   set testdata end = last;
   by Testpunkt;
   file GenFile linesize = 32767;
   if Testpunkt.first then do;
      x01 = 'data work.Meta_tp' ||compress(Testpunkt) ||
'_samanfatning' ;
      x02 = 'set testdata;' ;
      x03 = 'if Testpunkt eq' || compress(Testpunkt) || ' then
output;' ;
      put @01 x01;
      put @04 x02;
      put @04 x03;
   end;
   if Testpunkt.last then do;
      x04 = 'run;' ;
      put @01 x04;
   end;
run;

%include GenFile;



/*
11877  data _null_;
11878     set testdata end = last;
11879     by Testpunkt;
11880     file GenFile linesize = 32767;
11881     if Testpunkt.first then do;
             ---------------
             557
ERROR: DATA STEP Component Object failure.  Aborted during the
COMPILATION phase.
ERROR 557-185: Variable Testpunkt is not an object.

NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
      real time           0.00 seconds
      cpu time            0.00 seconds

11882        x01 = 'data work.Meta_tp' ||compress(Testpunkt) ||
'_samanfatning' ;
11883        x02 = 'set testdata;' ;
11884        x03 = 'if Testpunkt eq' || compress(Testpunkt) || ' then
output;' ;
1
12039
12040  %include GenFile;
WARNING: Physical file does not exist, D:\SAS_KODE
\Generate_testdata.sas.
ERROR: Cannot open %INCLUDE file GENFILE.
*/

The code is not real, but the problem is real. The code is
oversimplified. It is about getting SAS to create code based on a
dataset (in this case the dataset TESTDATA.

- Anaconda