https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Distinguish-among-multiple-INFILEs/m-p/41183#M10635 Hi,<BR /> <BR /> I want to read in several files using:<BR /> <BR /> FILENAME FREF ('a' 'b') ...;<BR /> <BR /> DATA ...;<BR /> INFILE FREF ...; <BR /> <BR /> What is the best method to distinguish among files 'a' and 'b'? I want to now in each iteration of the data step which file the data step is processing?<BR /> <BR /> Thanks in advance<BR /> <BR /> //Dante Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:28:34 GMT deleted_user 2010-06-27T17:28:34Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Distinguish-among-multiple-INFILEs/m-p/41183#M10635 Hi,<BR /> <BR /> I want to read in several files using:<BR /> <BR /> FILENAME FREF ('a' 'b') ...;<BR /> <BR /> DATA ...;<BR /> INFILE FREF ...; <BR /> <BR /> What is the best method to distinguish among files 'a' and 'b'? I want to now in each iteration of the data step which file the data step is processing?<BR /> <BR /> Thanks in advance<BR /> <BR /> //Dante Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:28:34 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Distinguish-among-multiple-INFILEs/m-p/41183#M10635 deleted_user 2010-06-27T17:28:34Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Distinguish-among-multiple-INFILEs/m-p/41184#M10636 In the SAS doco for the "infile" statement are examples of how to read from multiple input files (and how to know from which one you're reading).<BR /> <BR /> HTH<BR /> Patrick Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:04:12 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Distinguish-among-multiple-INFILEs/m-p/41184#M10636 Patrick 2010-06-27T23:04:12Z