https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Question-about-numbering/m-p/648127#M22202 <P>Look at the lines of text in the file you read, and you might get a clue why, for some variables, fixed positions are used, while others are simply read along the delimiters.</P> Fri, 15 May 2020 18:48:38 GMT Kurt_Bremser 2020-05-15T18:48:38Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Question-about-numbering/m-p/648107#M22201 <P>Hello,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I am currently reading through a Base SAS Introduction book and came across</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left" image-alt="Capture.PNG" style="width: 457px;"><img src="https://communities.sas.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/39480iBE27F9224FE4E810/image-dimensions/457x32?v=v2" width="457" height="32" role="button" title="Capture.PNG" alt="Capture.PNG" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I am wondering why IdNumber and Name indicate spacing of 1-4 and 6-24 behind it while team, startweight and endweight variables do not have any specifications?</P><P>Thank you!</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>-hjinp</P> Fri, 15 May 2020 17:30:01 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Question-about-numbering/m-p/648107#M22201 hjinp 2020-05-15T17:30:01Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Question-about-numbering/m-p/648127#M22202 <P>Look at the lines of text in the file you read, and you might get a clue why, for some variables, fixed positions are used, while others are simply read along the delimiters.</P> Fri, 15 May 2020 18:48:38 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Question-about-numbering/m-p/648127#M22202 Kurt_Bremser 2020-05-15T18:48:38Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Question-about-numbering/m-p/648133#M22203 <P>Probably to show you that it is possible to mix different input modes in the same INPUT statement.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>The variables with the column numbers are being read using <A href="https://documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=lestmtsref&amp;docsetTarget=n13ejk9swz5vrbn0z34iazfrp0wp.htm&amp;docsetVersion=9.4&amp;locale=en" target="_self">COLUMN mode</A> and the others are using <A href="https://documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=lestmtsref&amp;docsetTarget=n0lrz3gb7m9e4rn137op544ddg0v.htm&amp;docsetVersion=9.4&amp;locale=en" target="_self">LIST mode</A>.&nbsp; While you are at it read about <A href="https://documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=lestmtsref&amp;docsetTarget=p0f9yk6pd4znukn1rlw6hzkg1url.htm&amp;docsetVersion=9.4&amp;locale=en" target="_self">FORMATTED mode</A> and <A href="https://documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=lestmtsref&amp;docsetTarget=p1jjrvmzmybdeqn1gt8gj1r0ed0u.htm&amp;docsetVersion=9.4&amp;locale=en" target="_self">NAMED mode</A>.</P> Fri, 15 May 2020 19:09:31 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Question-about-numbering/m-p/648133#M22203 Tom 2020-05-15T19:09:31Z