topic Re: iMPORT FILES CODE HIGHLIGHTED in SAS Enterprise Guide

iMPORT FILES CODE HIGHLIGHTED

skavli — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 12:16:23 GMT

Hi,

I'm importing some txt(utf-8 encoded) table to my SEG automatically using import data in the file menu, I chose to embed the code and when i created the a new program to copy those codes they are highlighted in yellow, is there any way to remove that highlight ?

Thanks in advance

Re: iMPORT FILES CODE HIGHLIGHTED

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:02:21 GMT

Once you issue the DATALINES4 statement, everything following will be considered as data (not code) until a line with 4 consecutive semicolons is encountered. The datalines are highlighted in yellow.

Re: iMPORT FILES CODE HIGHLIGHTED

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:06:40 GMT

PS a DATALINES statement is always the final statement of a data step, it constitutes a step boundary, so no RUN is needed. The data step starts to run as soon as the finishing semicolon (DATALINES) or 4 semicolons (DATALINES4) is/are encountered.

Re: iMPORT FILES CODE HIGHLIGHTED

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:09:18 GMT

PPS don't use name literals; use valid SAS names, and put those fancy descriptions in labels, where they belong.

Re: iMPORT FILES CODE HIGHLIGHTED

skavli — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 16:42:24 GMT

I am so sorry to bother you, i found out that when i import the dataset i don't have to click on embed code, just on finish and then i have my dataset and the code anyway.

Thanjs for all the explanations