topic Unable to read the all statements in SAS Programming

Unable to read the all statements

ravi999985 — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 05:16:52 GMT

data my;
input details $ 1-100;
cards;
I am John.
I studied from MM University
I have done MBA
;
run;

I need the ouput as below. but it is not reading the data properly.

details

------------

I am John.
I studied from MM University
I have done MBA

Re: Unable to read the all statements

Ksharp — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 06:11:00 GMT

data my;
infile cards truncover;
input details $ 1-100;
cards;
I am                       John.
I studied from      MM University
I have             done MBA
;
run;

Re: Unable to read the all statements

Tom — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 12:34:36 GMT

Pay attention to what SAS tells you in the SAS log.

NOTE: SAS went to a new line when INPUT statement reached past the end of a line.
NOTE: The data set WORK.MY has 1 observations and 1 variables.

Since in-line data is padded to the next multiple of 80 bytes trying to read 100 bytes from a line that only has 80 bytes is what is causing SAS to move to a new line to try and find enough data.

You can prevent that by adding an INFILE statement so you can add the TRUNCOVER option.

data my;
  infile cards truncover;
  input details $ 1-100;
cards;
I am                       John.
I studied from      MM University
I have             done MBA
;

Result

Obs                 details

 1     I am                       John.
 2     I studied from      MM University
 3     I have             done MBA

Note that this is a good example of why you almost never want to use the ancient MISSOVER option.

Try it with MISSOVER instead of TRUNCOVER.

data my;
  infile cards missover;
  input details $ 1-100;
cards;
I am                       John.
I studied from      MM University
I have             done MBA
;

proc print;
run;

Obs    details

 1
 2
 3