Errors that are
detected during the compilation phase include these:
-
misspelled keywords and data set
names
-
unbalanced quotation marks
-
During the compilation
phase, SAS can interpret some syntax errors (such as the keyword DATA
misspelled as DAAT). If it cannot interpret the error, SAS does the
following:
-
prints the word ERROR followed
by an error message in the log
-
compiles but does not execute the
step where the error occurred, and prints the following message:
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
Some errors are explained fully by the message that SAS prints; other error messages are not as easy ...