topic Re: Reading raw files in SAS Studio

Reading raw files

BURHAN_CIGDEM — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 15:13:15 GMT

Hello all;

I try to create a SAS data set from raw data file. For example, the structure of raw data file is like that;

11412/12/00LAX

Now, when i submit SAS Code as :

data Sas-data-set-name;
infile 'raw-data-filename';
input Flight $ 1-3 Date $4-11 Dest $ 12-14;
run;

it works fine. But when i dont use $ sign for Date variable, it becomes missing value. As i know SAS store date values as numeric.So why we have to use $ sign for date when we create SAS data set from raw data file.

Any help is appreciated !

Re: Reading raw files

Kurt_Bremser — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 16:06:44 GMT

You need to assign an informat (fitting to the way dates are written in the infile) to your date variable. Then you can read the date as numeric.

Also assign a date display format, to make the date value human-readable.

Re: Reading raw files

BURHAN_CIGDEM — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 16:57:43 GMT

Thank you Mr.Bremser, i got it.