Date:         Mon, 7 Nov 2005 15:11:19 -0500
Reply-To:     Talbot Michael Katz <topkatz@MSN.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Talbot Michael Katz <topkatz@MSN.COM>
Subject:      Re: Invalid argument to function DATEJUL...
Comments: To: Carol Srna <csrna@FORD.COM>
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Hi, Carol.

Line and column references in error messages such as "Invalid argument to
function DATEJUL at line 14 column 14" refer to the program, not the
data.  The DATEJUL function was on the fourteenth line of your program.
Usually such an error message causes a data dump like the one you
included, but I think we'd need to see more of the data dump(s) to see why
you got that error message.  It's not clear to me which columns are
represented in the piece you included; none of it looks like packed
decimal data to my eye, anyway.

--  TMK  --
"The Macro Klutz"


On Mon, 7 Nov 2005 12:56:48 -0500, Srna, Carol (C.) <csrna@FORD.COM> wrote:

>Hello All.
>
>This is the entire error message:
>Invalid argument to function DATEJUL at line 14 column 14.
>
>                                    1
>1 -  - -5                        4
>CHAR  .&..D ..SYA4..¼
>ZONE  0500C400EECF03B
>NUMR  100040012814047
>
>                                                                CODE:
>
>                                                                DATA
DCOL;
>                                                                INFILE
DCOL;
>
INPUT @05  DCURCTYP $CHAR2. @;
>                                                                IF
DCURCTYP =: 'D';
>                                                                INPUT
@25  DCDDSNAM $CHAR44.
>
@79  DCDVOLSR $CHAR6.
>
@89  DCDALLSP PIB4.
>
@93  DCDUSESP PIB4.
>
 @105 DCDCREDT PD4.
>
 @113 DCDLSTRF PD4.;
>
CRDATE=DATEJUL(DCDCREDT);
>                                                                FORMAT
CRDATE MMDDYY8.;
>                                                                RUN;
>
>Why am I getting the above message?  Why is SAS looking at DATJUL in
column 14 when the dates are in columns 105 and 113?
>TIA, ~~Carol
>
>