topic Re: Regarding import of a mixed data from excel in SAS Programming

Regarding import of a mixed data from excel

atulsingh — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 12:50:24 GMT

Hello everyone,

I am importing a csv file in sas and one of the observations include data like Datsun_715

when i am importing such mixed data in sas it is only reading Datsun_

and that 715 is not getting read.

what to do? please suggest?

Re: Regarding import of a mixed data from excel

Kurt_Bremser — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 13:40:11 GMT

Most probably the variable is defined with too short length.

If you used proc import, copy the data step from the log and adapt it.

Re: Regarding import of a mixed data from excel

atulsingh — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 13:43:57 GMT

what if i redefine the length of the corresponding variable?

Re: Regarding import of a mixed data from excel

Reeza — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 16:35:08 GMT

@atulsingh wrote:

what if i redefine the length of the corresponding variable?

If the variable has already been read incorrectly changing the length won't change the underlying value.

Another fix for an 'incorrect' import from CSV Is to make the GUESSINGROWS option big - as large a the file. This means it scans the entire column before deciding on a length and format.