Problem Note 71045: The EVENTCODE= or FAILCODE= option might cause a floating point error in the LIFETEST procedure
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If you specify the EVENTCODE= or FAILCODE= option in the TIME statement in PROC LIFETEST, the following errors might occur:
ERROR: Floating Point Zero Divide.
ERROR: Termination due to Floating Point Exception
ERROR: Termination due to Floating Point Exception
This problem occurs if there is only one failure of a certain type in a stratum, and the failure occurs after all of the censoring events from the same stratum.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS/STAT | z/OS | 12.3 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 12.3 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 12.3 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 12.3 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 12.3 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 12.3 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 12.3 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 12.3 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 12.3 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 12.3 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 12.3 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 12.3 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 12.3 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 12.3 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 12.3 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 12.3 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 12.3 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 12.3 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 12.3 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||||
| HP-UX IPF | 12.3 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||||
| Linux for x64 | 12.3 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||||
| Solaris for x64 | 12.3 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||||
A fix for this issue for SAS/STAT 15.3 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/L9L.html#71045
In PROC LIFETEST, a rare data situation can cause a floating point error when you specify a competing-risks analysis.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Topic: | SAS Reference ==> Procedures ==> LIFETEST Analytics ==> Survival Analysis |
| Date Modified: | 2024-12-17 13:06:46 |
| Date Created: | 2024-11-12 06:13:09 |