topic Re: Infile issue in SAS Programming

Infile issue

DartRodrigo — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 17:04:42 GMT

Hi, i'm trying to import a txt file delimited by ";" into SAS, but when i use the following code:

DATA TEST;

LENGTH

P_TERM $ 6

amount 8

Moeda_1 $ 3 ;

FORMAT

P_TERM $CHAR6.

amount COMMA12.2

Moeda_1 $CHAR3. ;

INFORMAT

P_TERM $CHAR6.

amount COMMA12.2

Moeda_1 $CHAR3. ;

INFILE "/home/FILE.txt"

DLM=";"

FIRSTOBS=2

MISSOVER

DSD ;

INPUT

P_TERM $CHAR6.

amount COMMA12.2

Moeda_1 $CHAR3. ;

RUN;

The result its not right as follows:

But when i use the import wizard formating it the same way it works and i get this:

I need to import by code, because i will use File*.txt to get all files in a directory and there are moren than 3 columns, but only these get this trouble.

Tks,

Rodrigo Elias

Re: Infile issue

PGStats — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 17:09:42 GMT

Try

INPUT

P_TERM :$6.

amount :COMMA12.

Moeda_1 :$3. ;

Re: Infile issue

Reeza — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 17:10:18 GMT

Try TRUNCOVER instead of MISSOVER

Re: Infile issue

DartRodrigo — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 17:56:56 GMT

I tested, not works.

Tks

Re: Infile issue

Reeza — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 18:05:38 GMT

Try this:

DATA TEST;

LENGTH

P_TERM $ 6

amount 8

Moeda_1 $ 3 ;

FORMAT

P_TERM $CHAR6.

amount COMMA12.2

Moeda_1 $CHAR3. ;

INFORMAT

P_TERM $CHAR6.

amount COMMA12.2

Moeda_1 $CHAR3. ;

INFILE "/home/FILE.txt"

DLM=";"

FIRSTOBS=2

TRUNCOVER

DSD ;

INPUT

P_TERM $

amount

Moeda_1 $;

RUN;

Re: Infile issue

DartRodrigo — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 18:20:30 GMT

Not working.

Re: Infile issue

Reeza — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 18:22:40 GMT

Attach sample data.

Re: Infile issue

Tom — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 18:27:38 GMT

1) Do NOT use MISSOVER. You almost always want TRUNCOVER instead of MISSOVER.

2) If you have defined an INFORMAT for the variable then you do NOT need to list another informat on the INPUT statement.

3) Do NOT use an INFORMAT with decimal value specified. That tells SAS that if no period is in the data then assume it has an implied decimal point. So if you use an informat of COMMA12.2 and your value is 56 then it will be converted to 0.56 .

4) Do you really want to preserve leading spaces in the character variables?

data test;

length p_term $6 amount 8 moeda_1 $3 ;

format amount comma12.2 ;

informat amount comma12. ;

infile "/home/file.txt" dsd dlm=";" firstobs=2 truncover ;

input p_term -- moeda_1 ;

run;