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SAS System Options

FMTERR System Option



When a variable format cannot be found, specifies whether SAS generates an error or continues processing.
Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window
Category: Environment control: Error handling
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= ERRORHANDLING

Syntax
Syntax Description
See Also

Syntax

FMTERR | NOFMTERR

Syntax Description

FMTERR

specifies that when SAS cannot find a specified variable format, it generates an error message and does not allow default substitution to occur.

NOFMTERR

replaces missing formats with the w. or $w. default format, issues a note, and continues processing.


See Also

System Option:

FMTSEARCH= System Option

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