Hi everyone,
I am trying to read a txt file into SAS using the infile statement.
The data look like this:
Var1 Var2 Var3
"John" , "Smith", 4.3
"Bob", "Jones" , 5.2
"Sarah", "Johnson" , .
I am using the following code:
data newdata;
infile 'filelocation.txt' dsd missover;
input var1 $ var2 $ var3;
run;
The problem is that I am getting error messages for instances where Var3 is missing (missing values are noted with a period).
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks!
what is the error?
Invalid data for Var3 in line 123
Did SAS show the the line as in this example.
Yes.
So you have all the information you need. You have the invalid data message and the offending record. Case closed.
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