WILD Subcommand (FILE TYPE-END FILE TYPE command)

WILD determines whether the program issues a warning when it encounters undefined record types in the data file. Regardless of whether the warning is issued, undefined records are not included in the active dataset.

• The only specification on WILD is keyword WARN or NOWARN.
• WARN cannot be specified if keyword OTHER is specified on the last RECORD TYPE command to indicate all other record types (see RECORD TYPE).

WARN. Issue warning messages. The program displays a warning message and the first 80 characters of the record for each record type that is not mentioned on a RECORD TYPE command. This is the default for grouped file types.

NOWARN. Suppress warning messages. The program simply skips all record types not mentioned on a RECORD TYPE command and does not display warning messages. This is the default for mixed and nested file types.

Example

FILE TYPE  MIXED FILE='/data/treatmnt.txt' RECORD=RECID 1-2 WILD=WARN.

• WARN is specified on the WILD subcommand. The program displays a warning message and the first 80 characters of the record for each record type that is not mentioned on a RECORD TYPE command.