Date:         Fri, 11 Oct 1996 11:09:06 -0400
Reply-To:     Roger Deangelis <deangel@HORIZSYS.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Roger Deangelis <deangel@HORIZSYS.COM>
Subject:      Re: MISSING statement for more than one character length??
Comments: To: ajlcary@IX.NETCOM.COM

If you want to eliminate the error message, then use the ?? attribute.
 
 
 
 
 
 
1084  data _null_;
1085
1086     input na ?? 2.;
1087     put na=;
1088
1089  cards;
 
NA=.
NA=12
NA=.
NA=14
NOTE: DATA statement used:
      time:                           memory:
         real        0.741 seconds       page faults   0
         user cpu    0.017 seconds       page reclaims 0
         system cpu  0.023 seconds       usage         33 K
      block I/O operations:           context switches:
         input       0                   voluntary     22
         output      1                   involuntary   1
 
 
1094  ;
1095  run;