Date:         Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:26:02 +0530
Reply-To:     Bhavani Shankar <bhavani.shankar@INDIA.BIRLASOFT.COM>
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From:         Bhavani Shankar <bhavani.shankar@INDIA.BIRLASOFT.COM>
Subject:      ERROR
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I have a data statement as follows

data outdata.&busname._sched&year&month
outdata.&busname._schedbad&year&month
     outdata.&busname._exclusions&year&month;
        format dateadded lease_begin_date mmddyy10. mthstomaturity 5.;
    set &data;
on every iteration &Data is substituted by A , B , C ,D.
And i need to consider the variable lease_begin_date  only when &Data
resolves to C (Set C)
and for the remaining datasets ( from SET A ,SET B and SET D) I don't need
the variable lease_begin_date
How to drop this variable.
If i don't drop i am getting an error for SET A ,SET B and SET D..
ERROR: Variable lease_begin_date has been defined as both character and
numeric.
Thanks in advance.
Bhavani



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