topic Getting an error in this SAS program in SAS Programming

Getting an error in this SAS program

mdoddala — Sat, 09 Feb 2019 18:50:32 GMT

data tom;
 length ID $ 3 Name $ 15; 
 input $ Score1-Score3 Name $;
 datalines;
 1 90 95 98 tom
 2 78 77 75 ram
 3 88 91 92 sham
 ;
 proc print noobs;
 proc contents data=tom;
 run;

Re: Getting an error in this SAS program

Kurt_Bremser — Sat, 09 Feb 2019 18:53:41 GMT

ID is missing in your input statement.

You should always make clear step boundaries by using a run statement, see Maxim 49.

Re: Getting an error in this SAS program

mdoddala — Sat, 09 Feb 2019 19:03:12 GMT

data tom;
 length ID $ 3 Name $ 15; 
 input ID $ Score1-Score3 Name $;
 datalines;
 1 90 95 98 Tom
 2 78 77 75 Ram
 3 88 91 92 Sham
 ;
 proc print noobs;
 proc contents data=tom;
 run;

Why is the observation length 48 in the output? Thanks for correcting my code:) @Kurt_Bremser