topic Re: reading in a text file and exporting it to an excel in SAS Procedures https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/reading-in-a-text-file-and-exporting-it-to-an-excel/m-p/175953#M45112 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Depending on the structure of the text file you might be easier to do this directly in Excel using the text import wizard and setting the "do not import" for the columns you don't want. This will be relatively easy if the text is either fixed column or has a consistent delimiter around the variable you want.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:23:45 GMT ballardw 2015-02-20T15:23:45Z reading in a text file and exporting it to an excel https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/reading-in-a-text-file-and-exporting-it-to-an-excel/m-p/175951#M45110 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I need to read in one variable from an external text file and exporting that variable to an excel. Can i do it directly without creating a dataset first?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 20 Feb 2015 03:52:11 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/reading-in-a-text-file-and-exporting-it-to-an-excel/m-p/175951#M45110 Tal 2015-02-20T03:52:11Z Re: reading in a text file and exporting it to an excel https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/reading-in-a-text-file-and-exporting-it-to-an-excel/m-p/175952#M45111 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Not easily enough to make it worthwhile.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 20 Feb 2015 04:49:22 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/reading-in-a-text-file-and-exporting-it-to-an-excel/m-p/175952#M45111 Reeza 2015-02-20T04:49:22Z Re: reading in a text file and exporting it to an excel https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/reading-in-a-text-file-and-exporting-it-to-an-excel/m-p/175953#M45112 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Depending on the structure of the text file you might be easier to do this directly in Excel using the text import wizard and setting the "do not import" for the columns you don't want. This will be relatively easy if the text is either fixed column or has a consistent delimiter around the variable you want.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:23:45 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/reading-in-a-text-file-and-exporting-it-to-an-excel/m-p/175953#M45112 ballardw 2015-02-20T15:23:45Z