The following error message might be received when you create a graph with one of the ODS Graphics procedures:

java.lang.RuntimeException: Error: Start value is greater than end value
     at com.sas.text.SASUserDefinedFormat.addCharacterRange(SASUserDefinedFormat.java:552)
     at com.sas.text.SASUserDefinedFormat.addSegment(SASUserDefinedFormat.java:483)

The problem is most likely to occur when using a character format that contains a hyphen (-) within the value. For example:

proc format;
   value $ myfmt
      'B-A'='Brooks and Adams';
run;

To circumvent the problem, include double quotation marks within the values when defining the format. For example:

proc format;
   value $ myfmt
      '"B-A"'='Brooks and Adams';
run;

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