Problem Note 53999: PROC SURVEYMEANS might generate errors when variables are joined with an asterisk in the DOMAIN statement
In the SURVEYMEANS procedure, if a DOMAIN statement is specified with character variables of varying lengths joined by asterisks (*), the procedure might abend with
ERROR: You may have found a bug in PROC SURVEYMEANS. Please save
your program and report these messages to your SAS
representative. Error in matching domain levels.
This error occurs when either of the following conditions is also true:
- The procedure option VARMETHOD=JACKKNIFE or JK is specified.
- A RATIO statement is specified.
To circumvent this problem, set the length the same for all of the character variables in the DOMAIN statement. You can change the length of a variable by specifying a LENGTH statement prior to a SET statement in a DATA step.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | SAS/STAT | z/OS | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 12.1 | | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 12.1 | | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 12.1 | | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 12.1 | | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 12.1 | | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Windows Vista | 12.1 | | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Windows Vista for x64 | 12.1 | | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| HP-UX IPF | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Linux | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Linux for x64 | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Solaris for x64 | 12.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
*
For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed
Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be
fixed.
If character domain variables of varying lengths are joined with an asterisk in PROC SURVEYMEANS, and a RATIO statement or VARMETHOD=JK is also specified, the procedure can abend with "Error in matching domain levels".
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Topic: | Analytics ==> Survey Sampling and Analysis
SAS Reference ==> Procedures ==> SURVEYMEANS
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| Date Modified: | 2014-08-27 16:21:09 |
| Date Created: | 2014-08-27 13:49:10 |
