Date:         Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:56:08 -0500
Reply-To:     Arthur Tabachneck <art297@ROGERS.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Arthur Tabachneck <art297@ROGERS.COM>
Subject:      Re: TRANWRD behaves quit strange
Comments: To: Sterling Paramore <gnilrets@GMAIL.COM>

Sterling,

You are absolutely correct!  I was too quick in responding.  But, on the
other hand, virtually any function can be used without an assignment.  For
example:

data test;
  if today() ne "2FEB2007"d then put "quit";
run;

Is it Friday yet?
Art
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 14:44:38 -0800, Sterling Paramore <gnilrets@GMAIL.COM>
wrote:

>Nope:
>
>15         data x;
>16             sleep();
>                      _
>                      22
>                      76
>ERROR: Undeclared array referenced: sleep.
>ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: +, =.
>
>ERROR 76-322: Syntax error, statement will be ignored.
>
>17         run;
>
>
>On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Arthur Tabachneck
<art297@rogers.com>wrote:
>
>> sleep()
>> -------
>> On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:41:02 -0800, Sterling Paramore
<gnilrets@GMAIL.COM>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >>Many other functions do not have this requirement.
>> >
>> >Name one.
>> >
>> >On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 1:32 PM, bbser2009 <bbser2009@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> This function is kind of special.
>> >>
>> >> tranwrd(...);
>> >>
>> >> This statement will give error information.
>> >> It has to be assigned to a variable, like this:
>> >> x=tranwrd(...);
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Many other functions do not have this requirement.
>> >>
>> >> Can you say anything about this? Thanks.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Max
>> >>
>>