https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Help-with-indentation-in-datalines-statement/m-p/850268#M37219 <P>Hello,</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>SAS is insensitive to indentation, but not in the datalines (cards) obviously.</P> <P>You should always start entering the data in the left-most column of your editor.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I have never experimented with it, but I guess the tab becomes part of your string.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Cheers,</P> <P>Koen</P> Sun, 18 Dec 2022 19:27:29 GMT sbxkoenk 2022-12-18T19:27:29Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Help-with-indentation-in-datalines-statement/m-p/850267#M37218 <P><SPAN>Below I have two codes but with slight difference - one has observation entered after indentation and other without indentation. I am not able to figure out why one character is getting missed out when using indents. Isn't SAS supposed to be insensitive to indentation or is it because SAS takes indent (used tab button) as a character when providing character observations. Didn't face this issue while entering numerical observations after indentation.</SPAN></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="datalines with indentation" style="width: 284px;"><img src="https://communities.sas.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/78681iB89ECE69EA517A6D/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="image.png" alt="datalines with indentation" /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">datalines with indentation</span></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="with indentation results in one missing character from PAT_ID variable" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://communities.sas.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/78682i08EEE84F8C58D40B/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="image.png" alt="with indentation results in one missing character from PAT_ID variable" /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">with indentation results in one missing character from PAT_ID variable</span></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="everything same as previous but without indentation" style="width: 285px;"><img src="https://communities.sas.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/78683i820ABCF137E1529D/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="image.png" alt="everything same as previous but without indentation" /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">everything same as previous but without indentation</span></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="no missing character in PAT_ID variable when using without indentation" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://communities.sas.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/78684i5D8D48C236BE09C0/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="image.png" alt="no missing character in PAT_ID variable when using without indentation" /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">no missing character in PAT_ID variable when using without indentation</span></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Sun, 18 Dec 2022 19:20:43 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Help-with-indentation-in-datalines-statement/m-p/850267#M37218 AdarshR9 2022-12-18T19:20:43Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Help-with-indentation-in-datalines-statement/m-p/850268#M37219 <P>Hello,</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>SAS is insensitive to indentation, but not in the datalines (cards) obviously.</P> <P>You should always start entering the data in the left-most column of your editor.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I have never experimented with it, but I guess the tab becomes part of your string.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Cheers,</P> <P>Koen</P> Sun, 18 Dec 2022 19:27:29 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Help-with-indentation-in-datalines-statement/m-p/850268#M37219 sbxkoenk 2022-12-18T19:27:29Z