![ERROR 180-322: The story of an error message](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/files/2017/01/ProgrammingTips-2.png)
First, if you landed on this topic because you encountered this SAS message: ERROR 180-322: Statement is not valid or it is used out of proper order. ...then I'll tell you right now: you've probably left off a semicolon in one of your SAS statements. If you're lucky, the SAS