BYERR

BYERR

Controls whether SAS generates an error message and sets the error flag when a _NULL_ data set is used in the SORT procedure

Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, Systems Options window

Category: Environment control: Error handling

PROC OPTIONS GROUP= ERRORHANDLING

Syntax
Syntax Description
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Syntax

BYERR | NOBYERR

Syntax Description

BYERR: specifies that SAS issue an error message and stop processing if the SORT procedure attempts to sort a _NULL_ data set or if no BY statement or BY variable is specified.
NOBYERR: specifies that SAS ignore the error message and continue processing if the SORT procedure attempts to sort a _NULL_ data set or if no BY statement or BY variable is specified.

Comparisons

The VNFERR system option sets the error flag for a missing variable when a _NULL_ data set is used. The DSNFERR system option controls how SAS responds when a SAS data set is not found.

See Also

System Options:

DSNFERR

VNFERR

BY-Group Processing in SAS Language Reference: Concepts

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Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, Systems Options window
Category:	Environment control: Error handling
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	ERRORHANDLING