Problem Note 2817: The _findString method for SCL List Class may cause program halt if you
specify 5 arguments
If you use the _findString method for the SCL List Class in SAS/AF
Software and you specify five (5) arguments for the method as it is
documented, you may experience a program halt with the following error
message:
ERROR: Too many parameters passed to method _findString which
allows at most 3 arguments.
If you then try using just the first 3 arguments as the above error
message suggests, you will receive the following error message,
ERROR: Cannot match signature '(CNN)' on invocation of method
_findString. There may be no matching signature or all
correct matches may be inaccessible.
The _findString method is intended to support 5 arguments as it is
documented.
To circumvent this problem, you can instead use the SEARCHC function in
SAS Component Language to find a string within your SCL list structure.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Reported Release | Fixed Release* |
| SAS System | SAS/AF | OpenVMS Alpha | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| CMS | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| HP-UX | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| ABI+ for Intel Architecture | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| z/OS | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| OS/2 | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| IRIX | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft Windows 95/98 | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| OpenVMS VAX | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| Solaris | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| Tru64 UNIX | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| AIX | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
*
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.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2000-06-16 16:29:44 |
| Date Created: | 2000-06-12 10:15:33 |
