Date:         Mon, 2 Apr 2012 11:44:07 -0700
Reply-To:     Val Krem <valkrem@yahoo.com>
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From:         Val Krem <valkrem@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Grouping
In-Reply-To:  <201204021824.q32Eh8Wh025928@waikiki.cc.uga.edu>
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Hi all,
I want to group a continuous variable in to class or bin,

I wrote,
proc rank data=test  out=ranks bin=10;
   var xx;
   ranks bins;
run;

But I am getting an error message of  teh following. Can anyone help me out
  proc rank data=all out=ranks bins=10;
                                          _____
                                          _____
                                          _____
                                          22  200
                                          22  200
                                          22  200
ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: ;, (, DATA, DESCENDING, FRACTION, 
ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: ;, (, DATA, DESCENDING, FRACTION, 
ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: ;, (, DATA, DESCENDING, FRACTION, 
              GROUPS, NORMAL, NPLUS1, OUT, PERCENT, SAVAGE, TIES.  
              GROUPS, NORMAL, NPLUS1, OUT, PERCENT, SAVAGE, TIES.  
              GROUPS, NORMAL, NPLUS1, OUT, PERCENT, SAVAGE, TIES.  
ERROR 200-322: The symbol is not recognized and will be ignored.
ERROR 200-322: The symbol is not recognized and will be ignored.
ERROR 200-322: The symbol is not recognized and will be ignored.

Thanks