https://communities.sas.com/t5/All-Things-Community/Accessing-Data/m-p/622407#M4179 <P><FONT color="#000000">Hello. I am learning SAS Programming Essentials. I have question about data formats. What does tab means in&nbsp; -&gt; <STRONG>dbms=tab ?</STRONG></FONT><BR /><BR /></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 05 Feb 2020 11:14:46 GMT leyla_rzazade 2020-02-05T11:14:46Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/All-Things-Community/Accessing-Data/m-p/622407#M4179 <P><FONT color="#000000">Hello. I am learning SAS Programming Essentials. I have question about data formats. What does tab means in&nbsp; -&gt; <STRONG>dbms=tab ?</STRONG></FONT><BR /><BR /></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 05 Feb 2020 11:14:46 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/All-Things-Community/Accessing-Data/m-p/622407#M4179 leyla_rzazade 2020-02-05T11:14:46Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/All-Things-Community/Accessing-Data/m-p/622414#M4180 <P>Hi&nbsp;<a href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/310517">@leyla_rzazade</a>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>By specifying this, you indicates to SAS that your input file is a tab-delimited file, meaning&nbsp;<SPAN>each record&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN>in the table is one line of the text file and e</SPAN><SPAN>ach value of a record is separated from the next by a tab character (-&gt; tabulation key on your keyboard).</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN>It can be seen as an alternative to the common CSV format, in which values are&nbsp;separated by commas or semi-colons, which can cause trouble as they are very common characters in text values.</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN>Best,</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 05 Feb 2020 12:15:09 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/All-Things-Community/Accessing-Data/m-p/622414#M4180 ed_sas_member 2020-02-05T12:15:09Z