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Chapter 10. Debugging Your SAS Programs

10.1 Writing SAS Programs That Work 278
10.2 Fixing Programs That Don't Work 280
10.3 Searching for the Missing Semicolon 282
10.4 Note: INPUT Statement Reached Past the End of the Line 284
10.5 Note: Lost Card 286
10.6 Note: Invalid Data 288
10.7 Note: Missing Values Were Generated 290
10.8 Note: Numeric Values Have Been Converted to Character (or Vice Versa) 292
10.9 DATA Step Produces Wrong Results but No Error Message 294
10.10 The DATA Step Debugger 296
10.11 Error: Invalid Option, Error: The Option Is Not Recognized, or Error: Statement Is Not Valid 298
10.12 Note: Variable Is Uninitialized or Error: Variable Not Found 300
10.13 SAS Truncates a Character Variable 302
10.14 SAS Stops in the Middle of a Job 304

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