topic Re: READ in text file in SAS Programming

READ in text file

Solvej — Mon, 13 May 2019 13:36:56 GMT

Hello

How can in read in the following text file easily.

The text files are structured the following way.

afd1301033 200001011999112425000101Hjertemedicinsk klinik B, kardiologisk laboratorium

I'm only interesseret in part of the lines marked by bold. I have tousands of linies.

Kind regards

Solvej

Re: READ in text file

novinosrin — Mon, 13 May 2019 13:42:52 GMT


data read;
input var1 :$15. var2 &  $100.;
var1=compress(var1,,'kd');
var2=substr(var2,anyalpha(var2));
cards;
afd1301033             200001011999112425000101Hjertemedicinsk klinik B, kardiologisk laboratorium
;

Re: READ in text file

PeterClemmensen — Mon, 13 May 2019 13:52:32 GMT

Have you read the text file in as a SAS data set already or do you need help with that as well?

Re: READ in text file

PeterClemmensen — Mon, 13 May 2019 14:00:12 GMT

If not, do like this and use the logic provided by @novinosrin

data want;
   infile "YourPathHere\textfile.txt";
   input var1 :$15. var2 &  $100.;
run;

Re: READ in text file

Solvej — Mon, 13 May 2019 14:09:55 GMT

I would like help with that as well. At the moment i have used infile.

Re: READ in text file

Tom — Mon, 13 May 2019 14:12:37 GMT

Are you asking how to read specific columns from the line of text?
Or does the position of the strings you want vary from line to line?

Post a few lines that demonstrate the pattern. Use the Insert Code icon (looks like {i}) so that formatting is preserved.