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SAS System Options

BYERR System Option



Specifies whether SAS produces errors when the SORT procedure attempts to process a _NULL_ data set.
Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window
Category: Environment control: Error handling
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= ERRORHANDLING

Syntax
Syntax Description
Comparisons
See Also

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.

NOBYERR

specifies that SAS ignore the error message and continue processing if the SORT procedure attempts to sort a _NULL_ data.


Comparisons

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


See Also

System Options:

DSNFERR System Option

VNFERR System Option

"BY-Group Processing" in SAS Language Reference: Concepts

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