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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 10:16:03 -0500
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- From: "Harlene C. Gogan - Go Bills,
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- Subject: Follow-up on unbalanced quotes in DM
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- CONTENT: REPLY to unbalanced quotes in DM
- SUMMARY: Interactive nature counts quotes continuously
- REL/PL: Happens in all under DM
- NMAE: Harlene C, Gogan
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- A question I can answer! You must acknowlege the interactive nature
- of your SAS session. SAS counts quotes from the first time you
- have an unbalanced design. The next time you SUBMIT the program,
- SAS still recalls the unbalanced quote from the LAST submit. Unlike
- a batch process, SAS does not start from square one, but continues
- on from where it still has an unbalanced quote.
-
- To stop the process, when you recall your program and "balance" your
- quotes, you still need to close the quote left open. The simple way
- to do this is at the beginning of your program add a statement that
- is simply:
- '; (if you were using single quotes) or
- "; (if your were using double quotes).
- This will get SAS to start over on counting quotes.
-
- Remember, it's not a bug it's a FEATURE!!!
-
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- >CONTENT: Problems with unmatched quotes in DM
- >SUMMARY: When the current string exceeds 200-something characters
- > due to unmatched quotes, I usually BYE from the display
- > manager and then restart.
- >REL/PLTF: 6.07.01 / VM/HPO 5.0
- >E-ADDR: NAMP@suvm.bitnet
- >NAME: Robert Cymbala / North American Maple Project
- >ADDRESS: 133 Illick Hall; SUNY-ESF; 1 Forestry Dr; Syracuse NY 13210
- >HONE: 315) 470-6742
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-
- >The most frustrating thing about SAS Display Manager is having unmatched
- >quotes in submitted lines and not being able to recover. Often I use
- >BYE to quit, and then restart SAS (6.07).
-
- >How do I avoid that? Is there a command-line command that
- >"refreshes" ? Lately, I noticed that single-quotes in comments like:
- > %* PROC SORT That's already done previously. ;
- >cause problems too.
-