https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Diff-between-Infile-statement-and-Import-procedure/m-p/76965#M22305 The INFILE statement is used for text files (and similar). The IMPORT procedure is used for a number of other data structures that SAS cannot read directly through one of its library engines. To see which applies to which, read the documentation for the INFILE statement, the IMPORT procedure, and LIBNAME engine. Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:33:09 GMT Doc_Duke 2009-03-14T17:33:09Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Diff-between-Infile-statement-and-Import-procedure/m-p/76964#M22304 For which type of Data sets can we use infile and Import procedure? Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:52:15 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Diff-between-Infile-statement-and-Import-procedure/m-p/76964#M22304 vijaya 2009-03-14T07:52:15Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Diff-between-Infile-statement-and-Import-procedure/m-p/76965#M22305 The INFILE statement is used for text files (and similar). The IMPORT procedure is used for a number of other data structures that SAS cannot read directly through one of its library engines. To see which applies to which, read the documentation for the INFILE statement, the IMPORT procedure, and LIBNAME engine. Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:33:09 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Diff-between-Infile-statement-and-Import-procedure/m-p/76965#M22305 Doc_Duke 2009-03-14T17:33:09Z