topic Re: how to import excel file using infile in SAS Programming

how to import excel file using infile

ROHINISDAS — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 07:23:32 GMT

Please help me in importing excel file using infile statement. How can i import gold.xls platinum.xls and titanium.xls separately.

PeterClemmensen — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 07:39:46 GMT

Hi . Why are you trying to read an Excel file via a data step?

The Data step is good for importing txt and csv files, not excel.

I would use proc import.

ROHINISDAS — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 07:49:11 GMT

i tried doing through proc import and it was successful. Now i want to try the same through infile statement.

Kurt_Bremser — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 08:15:58 GMT

You CANNOT import an Excel file through the infile method. This method is for reading text files, which Excel files are not.

If you want to read data from Excel in a data step with infile, you need to export your Excel spreadsheet to a text-based file format like csv.

ROHINISDAS — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 11:49:34 GMT

thank you providing new information.