topic Re: export txt file with delimiter semicolon in SAS Enterprise Guide

export txt file with delimiter semicolon

mcnunes — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 22:02:21 GMT

Hi,

I would like to export a txt file with semicolon instead a comma, is it possible to do this without procedure? Are there any place in configuration where i can change the default comma to semicolon?

The question is for SAS enterprise guide

Thank you very much

Maria

Re: export txt file with delimiter semicolon

Reeza — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 22:16:12 GMT

I couldn't see anything in the GUI, but I would expect it to be there somewhere....

Otherwise, a proc export is straighforward, just change the path. However, if EG is on the server you can't export directly to your local drive, so that's a downside. Hopefully someone else has a better answer!

proc export data=sashelp.air outfile='c:\_localdata\temp\test.txt' dbms=dlm replace;
delimiter=';'; 
run;

Re: export txt file with delimiter semicolon

andreas_lds — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 07:17:02 GMT

With EG 7.12x select "Text Files"

Re: export txt file with delimiter semicolon

Damo — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 09:31:04 GMT

Hi @mcnunes

As mentioned by @Reeza, proc export is an easy option to get what you're looking for.

But if you want to use the export mentioned by @andreas_lds, you ahve to be aware that the delimiter (comma or semicolon) will be delimited by the Region and Language settings, in particular the Format one.

If you select French for instance on your local machine (where SAS Enterprise Guide is installed), you'll have the semicolon.

But if you have English, comma will be your delimiter.

Changing that setting may have too much impact on your machine.

So an easy alternative would be to add the /culture:fr parameter to your EG shortcut

Your new TARGET value would look like this:

D:\opt\sasinside\SASHome\SASEnterpriseGuide\7.1\SEGuide.exe /culture:fr

Hope that helps.

Cheers,
Damo

Re: export txt file with delimiter semicolon

eltondamata — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 14:54:46 GMT

with portuguese it's work too.

"C:\Program Files\SASHome\x86\SASEnterpriseGuide\5.1\SEGuide.exe" /culture:pt