topic Re: use data step to read comma separated datalines. The code is given below. Help me fix this error in SAS Programming

use data step to read comma separated datalines. The code is given below. Help me fix this error, pl

contactnishan — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 08:18:56 GMT

Please help me figure this out. I cannot correctly make a table with 4 columns and values in them.


data staff;
  infile datalines delimiter=',';  
   input name $25. dept $40. Salary month;
   datalines;                      
John Ivan,Sales,55000,1
Mary Persi,Acctng,49000,7
Davidsons,Storage Management,67000,5
;
run;

Re: use data step to read comma separated datalines. The code is given below. Help me fix this error

ed_sas_member — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 08:30:01 GMT

Hi @contactnishan

You can use : to specify an informat in the input statement.

It will force SAS to read the data up to the delimiter.

data staff;
	infile datalines delimiter=',';
	input name:$25. dept:$40. Salary month;
	datalines;
John Ivan,Sales,55000,1
Mary Persi,Acctng,49000,7
Davidsons,Storage Management,67000,5
;
run;

Re: use data step to read comma separated datalines. The code is given below. Help me fix this error

contactnishan — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 08:36:10 GMT

That was quick, it worked. Thank you so much. 😁

Re: use data step to read comma separated datalines. The code is given below. Help me fix this error

ed_sas_member — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 08:38:50 GMT

You're welcome @contactnishan 😊