Date:         Wed, 26 Sep 2001 05:56:14 -0700
Reply-To:     Wim Goettsch <wim.goettsch@PHARMO.NL>
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From:         Wim Goettsch <wim.goettsch@PHARMO.NL>
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Subject:      array subscript out of range: using substrings with array
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Hello,

I always get a error message 'array subscript out of range' when I use
this program:

data b;
set a;
array c{*} z01-z10;
do i=1 to 10;
if c{substr(i,1,1)}='8' then d=1;
end;
run;

I use this program to select a group of diagnoses, in z01-z10 is
diagnosis information (z01=main diagnosis, z02-z10 other diagnoses) on
a file of 600.000 records (100Mb). When I do not use the phrase
'substring' I do not have any problems.

I use SAS V8.2, Windows, PIII 750 MHZ, 10 Gb, 128MB. Does anyone know
the reason for this error message?

Thanks,

Wim Goettsch