Date:         Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:57:01 -0500
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From:         "Data _null_;" <iebupdte@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: What is this NOTE indicating ??
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Scan(Label,1,1)

SCAN(string, count<,charlist <,modifiers>>)

Think about it.


On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 9:49 AM, SAS_learner <proccontents@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> In the log it is complaining that I have implicitly converting Num to
> character but the Label is char variable then why this NOTE
> 1170       data List_swollen;
> 1171         set List_sja28 ;
> 1172           if  Strip(Scan(Label,1,1)) =: "PIP"    then cond1 = 1 ;
> 1173           else if  Strip(Scan(Label,1,1)) =: "Thumb"  then cond1 = 1;
> 1174           else if  Strip(Scan(Label,1,1)) =: "MCP"    then cond1 = 2 ;
> 1175           else  cond1 = 3 ;
> 1176       run;
>
> NOTE: Numeric values have been converted to character values at the places
> given by: (Line):(Column).
>      1172:25   1173:30   1174:30
> NOTE: There were 28 observations read from the data set WORK.LIST_SJA28.
> NOTE: The data set WORK.LIST_SWOLLEN has 28 observations and 4 variables.
> NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
>      real time           0.01 seconds
>      cpu time            0.01 seconds
>