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- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 18:00:00 PST
- Reply-To: Melvin Klassen <KLASSEN@UVVM.BITNET>
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- From: Melvin Klassen <KLASSEN@UVVM.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: Division by zero
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- Barry Walton <BWALTON@MILLERSV> writes:
- >
- > Recently, SUMA @ CLEMSON asked about what happens when SAS encounters
- > a division by zero. This problem cropped up here about a year or so ago,
- > and I think I mentioned it to the list at that time. I set up
- > a small program to create a 10 item data set, with a division by
- > zero about halfway through ... What happens (under VM/ESA) depends
- > upon which version of SAS one is using.
- > Under Rel. 6.06 the log contains the message "Note : the data step has
- > been abnormally terminated", AND ONLY 3 OBS ARE IN THE DATA SET (the
- > division by zero occurs in obs number 4).
- > So, if you are using SAS 6.06 under VM/ESA, be very careful of division
- > by zero. It can truncate your data set without an obvious error message.
-
- I tried his test-run, using Release 6.06 under VM/XA and CMS Release 5.6,
- and I did not see the "abnormally terminated" message,
- i.e., for me, SAS created 10 observations.
-
- So, is anybody else using SAS Release 6.06 under VM/XA or VM/ESA?
- What results do you get when **you** run the same test-program?
-