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don't have its format library? If you try sas format was not found or could not be loaded to use a SAS data file that has permanent formats
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but you don't have the format library, you will get errors like this. ERROR: The sas format library format $MAKEF was not found or could not be loaded. ERROR: The format FORGNF was not found or could not be loaded. Without the format
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library, SAS will not permit you to do anything with the data file. However, if you use options nofmterr; at the top of your program, SAS will go ahead and process the file despite the fact that it does not have the format library. You will not be able to see the format $mmddyy was not found or could not be loaded the formatted values for your variables, but you will be able to process your data file. Here is an example. OPTIONS nofmterr; libname in "c:\"; PROC FREQ DATA=in.auto; TABLES foreign make; RUN; How to cite this page Report an error on this page or leave a comment The content of this web site should not be construed as an endorsement of any particular web site, book, or software product by the University of California. IDRE Research Technology Group High Performance Computing Statistical Computing GIS and Visualization High Performance Computing GIS Statistical Computing Hoffman2 Cluster Mapshare Classes Hoffman2 Account Application Visualization Conferences Hoffman2 Usage Statistics 3D Modeling Reading Materials UC Grid Portal Technology Sandbox IDRE Listserv UCLA Grid Portal Tech Sandbox Access IDRE Resources Shared Cluster & Storage Data Centers Social Sciences Data Archive About IDRE About Contact News Events Our Experts © 2016 UC Regents Terms of Use & Privacy Policy
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SAS, every field/variable in a table/dataset can be given a format. This format tells SAS how to display the data. The https://philihp.com/blog/2009/removing-formats-from-all-variables-in-a-sas-dataset/ following datastep will create a table called "formatted" having 1 row containing 3 variables: x, y, and d. data formatted; x=9000; y=42; now=16761; format x comma6.; format y dollar5.; format now date7.; put x=; put y=; put now=; run; Additionally it prints to the log the formatted values. x=9,000 y=$42 now=21NOV05 In SAS you can also create your own formats, and you can assign not found these formats to whichever datasets you like. However if that format goes away for some reason and you try to look at the data again, you will get this error: ERROR: Informat $YOURFMT not found or couldn't be loaded for variable YOURVAR. You can get around this by turning off this option options nofmterr; Then your ERROR turns into NOTE, and things work not found or normally, except when you try to view the data you see it unformatted. This could be useful, however, if you find yourself in a situation like this: data _null_; a=20.0000001; b=20.000001; format a dollar4.2; format b dollar4.2; put a= b=; if(a=b) then put 'matches'; else put 'no match'; run; Runs and outputs: a=20.0 b=20.0 no match At any rate, there are times in SAS when you simply want to remove all the formats from a dataset. This can be done in one line in a datastep: data unformatted; set formatted; format _all_; run; Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window) Related This article was posted in Programming and tagged Formats, SAS. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments with the RSS feed for this post.Post a Comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL. Post a Comment Cancel reply Your email is kept private. Required fields are marked *Comment Name * Email * Website Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. ← Tablesaw that Won't Cut
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