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France
Quartz | Level 8

when I import a .csv file in SAS by following code,

53   data SASDATA.PubNew ;
54    %let _EFIERR_ = 0; /* set the ERROR detection macro variable */
55   infile 'R:/Li/P/Pub.csv' DLM = ',' DSD missover lrecl = 32767
55 ! firstobs = 3 ;
56   informat pat_publn_id :29.
57   publn_auth :$29.
58   publn_nr :29.
59   publn_nr_original :29.
60   publn_kind:$29.
61   appln_id :29.
62   publn_date :YYMMDD10.
63   publn_lg :$29.
64   publn_first_grant :29.
65   publn_claims :29.5 ;
66   format pat_publn_id :29.
67   publn_auth :$29.
68   publn_nr :29.
69   publn_nr_original :29.
70   publn_kind:$29.
71   appln_id :29.
72   publn_date :YYMMDDd10.
73   publn_lg :$29.
74   publn_first_grant :29.
75   publn_claims :29.5 ;
76   input
77   pat_publn_id
78   publn_auth $
79   publn_nr
80   publn_nr_original
81   publn_kind $
82   appln_id
83   publn_date
84   publn_lg $
85   publn_first_grant
86   publn_claims ;
87     if _ERROR_ then call symputx('_EFIERR_',1);  /* set ERROR detection macro variable */
88   run ;

the result shows

NOTE: Invalid data for publn_date in line 3 24-33.
RULE:     ----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8----+---
3         777,EP,1943895,,A1,776,2008-07-16,de,0,14 41
pat_publn_id=777 publn_auth=EP publn_nr=1943895 publn_nr_original=. publn_kind=A1 appln_id=776
publn_date=. publn_lg=de publn_first_grant=0 publn_claims=14 _ERROR_=1 _N_=1
NOTE: Invalid data for publn_date in line 4 24-33.
RULE:     ----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8----+---
4         779,EP,1943896,,A1,778,2008-07-16,de,0,9 40
pat_publn_id=779 publn_auth=EP publn_nr=1943896 publn_nr_original=. publn_kind=A1 appln_id=778
publn_date=. publn_lg=de publn_first_grant=0 publn_claims=9 _ERROR_=1 _N_=2
NOTE: Invalid data for publn_date in line 5 24-33.
5         781,EP,1943898,,A1,780,2008-07-16,de,0,23 41
pat_publn_id=781 publn_auth=EP publn_nr=1943898 publn_nr_original=. publn_kind=A1 appln_id=780
publn_date=. publn_lg=de publn_first_grant=0 publn_claims=23 _ERROR_=1 _N_=3
NOTE: Invalid data for publn_date in line 6 24-33.

 

could you give me some suggestion please? thanks in advance. 

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20

is there really an informat called 

:YYMMDDd10.

or should it be

:YYMMDD10.

 And i think you do not need a colon format modifier : if you are using informat statement for a modified list input

plus

publn_auth :$29.
58   publn_nr :29.
59   publn_nr_original :29.
60   publn_kind:$29.
61   appln_id :29.

 what are these numeric informats  ? and why?

France
Quartz | Level 8

Thanks novinosrin, I will delete the colon, the Domain of 'publn_date' varibale is DATE and the Default value is 9999-12-31. could you please show me which informat and format should use for it ?

 

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