The _SCORE_ value that is calculated by PROC GEOCODE might not match the sum of the scores associated with each token that is contained in the _NOTES_ variable.

This issue can occur when the address result is a STREET match and either of the following is true:

• The NOCTM token is not included in _NOTES_ and the address city variable is not missing.
• The NOSTM token is not included in _NOTES_ and the address state variable is not missing.

To circumvent the issue, use the following code to modify the output data set from PROC GEOCODE to add the CT and ST tokens to the _NOTES_ value so that the sum of the _NOTES_ token values match the _SCORE_ value created by the procedure. The code has these assumptions:

• the output data set from PROC GEOCODE is named GEOCODED
• the address city variable is named CITY
• the address state variable is named STATE

data geocoded;
  set geocoded;
  if _matched_='Street' then do;
    if indexw(_notes_,'NOCTM')=0 and city ne '' then 
      _notes_=catx(' ',_notes_,"CT");
    if indexw(_notes_,'NOSTM')=0 and state ne '' then 
      _notes_=catx(' ',_notes_,"ST");
  end;
run;