Errorabend - Why force SAS to close when it comes across an error?

[j4ffle]

Hi Ed,

Thanks for making this available - very useful!

Can you help me understand why you use the ERRORABEND option in your macro? Is it caution to ensure you don't move forward with an error from the macro output, or is there more to it than that?

Do you also use it outside of your macros? I'm wondering if I should add the NOERRORABEND option at the end of the macro or adopt using ERRORABEND more broadly in my code.

Thanks!

[ed-dehaan]

Hi Jared,You are exactly right: I use that option to make sure the code stops with an error.  I always use that option in all my code, other than in cases when I know that it will generate an error that I’m okay with. I think it would be risky to run code without it, in case you don’t notice an important mistake. -EdPlease pardon my brevity - sent from my mobile. On Jun 30, 2023, at 8:42 PM, Jared Flake ***@***.***> wrote: Hi Ed, Thanks for making this available - very useful! Can you help me understand why you use the ERRORABEND option in your macro? Is it caution to ensure you don't move forward with an error from the macro output, or is there more to it than that? Do you also use it outside of your macros? I'm wondering if I should add the NOERRORABEND option at the end of the macro or adopt using ERRORABEND more broadly in my code. Thanks! —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[j4ffle]

Thanks for the quick response and explanation! Thanks again for providing the code.

On Sun, Jul 2, 2023 at 4:14 AM ed-dehaan ***@***.***> wrote: Hi Jared,You are exactly right: I use that option to make sure the code stops with an error. I always use that option in all my code, other than in cases when I know that it will generate an error that I’m okay with. I think it would be risky to run code without it, in case you don’t notice an important mistake. -EdPlease pardon my brevity - sent from my mobile. On Jun 30, 2023, at 8:42 PM, Jared Flake ***@***.***> wrote: Hi Ed, Thanks for making this available - very useful! Can you help me understand why you use the ERRORABEND option in your macro? Is it caution to ensure you don't move forward with an error from the macro output, or is there more to it than that? Do you also use it outside of your macros? I'm wondering if I should add the NOERRORABEND option at the end of the macro or adopt using ERRORABEND more broadly in my code. Thanks! —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***> — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AKGXHZWJIO5OXT55LMTNTSDXOFCYVANCNFSM6AAAAAAZ2EEIC4> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

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