Date:         Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:45:21 +0100
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From:         Robert Bardos <bardos2@ANSYS.CH>
Subject:      Re: make and exit status codes
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David Cassell wrote in reply to Dave Lewandowski's wish to be able
to suppress certain SAS warnings:

>
> Let me suggest a stupid alternative.  Have you considered
> fixing the SAS code so that you do not get WARNING messages
> occurring?  They usually mean that there is a problem,
> or at least
> that there *may* be a problem.  I would feel better about fixing
> the code than finding a way to ignore the warnings.
>
> HTH,
> David


While basically I agree with David (and strive to keep my code
warning free) there are situations (and those doing graph reports
encounter them quite frequently) where having an option to
suppress warnings regarding let's say an unevenly spaced axis
would be more than appropriate. (Think of e.g. plots of monthly
data where the horizontal axis is defined as the series of the
first day in each month. Or think of the annoying warning that
results when your down= on a legend statement specifies too few
lines.) Rather than constructing variables (sometimes macro
variables) to work around the warning I'd like to have an option
on the respective proc statement which would allow me to ignore
axis or legend related warnings.

My experience-laden $0.02

--
Robert Bardos
Ansys AG, Zürich, Switzerland