lesson2-2.7- level2

[Sumitra]

Hi vikas,

In this practice Orion2.discount dataset is not define the observations of JULY monthdate.

without observations How can do  the statement Season='summer';

the error was indicate like this.

 47             Season= 'winter';
 48             output;
 49             Start_Date='01July2008'd;
                           _____________
                           77
 ERROR: Invalid date/time/datetime constant '01July2008'd.
 ERROR 77-185: Invalid number conversion on '01July2008'd.
 
 50             End_Date= '31July2008'd;
                          _____________
                          77
 ERROR: Invalid date/time/datetime constant '31July2008'd.
 ERROR 77-185: Invalid number conversion on '31July2008'd.
 
 51             Season="summer";
 52             output;
 53         run;
 
 NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
 WARNING: The data set WORK.EXTENDED may be incomplete.  When this step was 
          stopped there were 0 observations and 6 variables.
 WARNING: Data set WORK.EXTENDED was not replaced because this step was stopped.
 NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
       real time           0.03 seconds
       cpu time            0.04 seconds
       
 
 54         proc print data=work.Extended;
 55         run;

[Jennifer SUN]

there is only two format you can use as

Write a date as a constant in an expression

SAS date constant

'ddmmmyy'd or 'ddmmmyyyy'

'17mar00'd '17mar2000'd