topic Re: Can anyone explain what is happening in this code, Especially in 3rd and 4th line in New SAS User

Can anyone explain what is happening in this code, Especially in 3rd and 4th line

kumaabi — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 05:28:30 GMT

data insure_as2;
infile "U:\STA575\RawData\RawData_dat\insure.dat";
input ID $ 1-4 Name $ 5-18 Policy $ 23-29 Company $ 30-40
PctInsured 48-55 Total 56-63 BalanceDue 64-73;
run;

Re: Can anyone explain what is happening in this code, Especially in 3rd and 4th line

kumaabi — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 05:31:17 GMT

Re: Can anyone explain what is happening in this code, Especially in 3rd and 4th line

Kurt_Bremser — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 06:51:13 GMT

The two lines contain an INPUT statement. The variable values are read from specified positions (the numbers after each variable name), and the $ sign specifies the preceding variable as character.

See the relevant documentation of column input here.