Date:         Wed, 18 Jun 1997 16:26:22 GMT
Reply-To:     Bill Walton <waltonwj@SCE.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Bill Walton <waltonwj@SCE.COM>
Organization: Southern California Edison
Subject:      Re: data step bug

I did a cut and paste on your program and ran in on 6.09/MVS and it ran
fine.  Didn't change a thing.
 
jms@online.realtech.de wrote in article
<33A7C08C.3BAF@online.realtech.de>...
> This seems to be a very ugly bug in the data step compiler:
>
> data _null_;
>   length txt $ 17;
>   txt = ' xxx';
>   if      txt > ' ' then put 'GT';
>   else if txt = ' ' then put 'EQ';
>   else if txt < ' ' then put 'LT';
>   else                   put '??';
> run;
>
> "Works" only on PCs.
> Jens
>