Read Data From 3D Array

[asasgdsfa]

Hi

May I ask for your help with reading 3D array into the optmodel procedure?

I have data with structure of different branches (rows) selling cars in different variants:

data selling;
	input branch $ Car01_variant01 Car01_variant02 Car01_variant03 Car02_variant01 Car02_variant02 Car02_variant03;
datalines;
AAA 100 101 102 210 220 230
BBB 104 105 106 240 250 260
CCC 107 108 109 270 280 290
;

Can I read this table to the optmodel to I can access it 3D array such as: selling[branch, car, variant]?

In the documentation, there is only examples of different "variants" having as another column with the a separate index, such as:

data selling;
	input branch $ variant Car01 Car01 Car01;
datalines;
AAA 1 100 101 102
BBB 1 104 105 106
CCC 1 107 108 109
AAA 2 ...
...
;

Do I need to transform the original table, or is there a way to read the complete 3D array in my structure?

[RobPratt · Accepted solution]

Here's one way:

proc optmodel;
   set <str> BRANCHES;
   set CARS = /'01' '02'/;
   set VARIANTS = /'01' '02' '03'/;
   num selling {BRANCHES, CARS, VARIANTS};
   read data selling into BRANCHES=[branch] {c in CARS, v in VARIANTS} <selling[branch,c,v]=col('Car'||c||'_variant'||v)>;
   print selling;
quit;

Alternatively, you can read CARS and VARIANTS from other data sets rather than hard-coding their values in the SET statements.

[asasgdsfa]

Thank you a lot, it works (including the reading values to both sets).