FMTERR

FMTERR

Determines whether or not SAS generates an error message when a format of a variable cannot be found

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

Category: Environment control: Error handling

PROC OPTIONS GROUP= ERRORHANDLING

Syntax
Syntax Description
See Also

Syntax

FMTERR | NOFMTERR

Syntax Description

FMTERR: specifies that when SAS cannot find a specified variable format, it generates an error message and does not allow default substitution to occur.
NOFMTERR: replaces missing formats with the w. or $w. default format, issues a note, and continues processing.

See Also

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