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Problem Note 60697: SAS® Contextual Analysis TERMS task gives "ERROR: A floating point exception or access violation occurred that prevents progress of the analysis"

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The SAS® Contextual Analysis TERMS task might fail with following error message:

ERROR: A floating point exception or access violation occurred that prevents progress of the analysis.

That error is displayed when PROC HPTMINE (a procedure that the task invokes) fails with this error:

ERROR:  The input buffer for applying the .li model is empty.
 

The problem occurs when the text in one the documents to be parsed begins with a leading null-character that is represented by '00'x in hexadecimal notation.


To prevent the error, use the TRANSLATE() function to replace the leading null character in the text document.  Replace the null character with a blank space ('20'x in hexadecimal notation), or with any suitable character.

Example:

text_variable=TRANSLATE(text_variable,'20'x,'00'x,);

After making the above modification, re-run the task.  PROC HPTMINE  and the  SAS Contextual Analysis TERMS task should complete successfully.

 



Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemProduct ReleaseSAS Release
ReportedFixed*ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemSAS Contextual AnalysisMicrosoft® Windows® for x6414.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
64-bit Enabled AIX14.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
64-bit Enabled Solaris14.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
HP-UX IPF14.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
Linux for x6414.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
Solaris for x6414.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
SAS SystemSAS Text MinerMicrosoft® Windows® for x6414.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit14.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x6414.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit14.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x6414.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit14.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x6414.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit14.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x6414.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows 1014.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter14.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter14.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std14.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std14.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit14.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
Windows 7 Enterprise x6414.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit14.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
Windows 7 Home Premium x6414.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
Windows 7 Professional 32 bit14.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
Windows 7 Professional x6414.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit14.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
Windows 7 Ultimate x6414.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
64-bit Enabled AIX14.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
64-bit Enabled Solaris14.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
HP-UX IPF14.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
Linux for x6414.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
Solaris for x6414.114.39.4 TS1M39.4 TS1M5
* 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.