If you encounter this error, please note that it is not necessarily the end of your code, for example, omitting an accolade may be at the very beginning of your code, even if your file is 1000 lines.

If you want to use these characters without triggering a function or casuing a syntax error, they need to be escaped. Dollar Sign ($) Used to declare and access variables.

specifying an invalid data set option. When SAS encounters a syntax error, it first attempts to correct the error by attempting to interpret what you meant, then ...