Read Data From Two Dimensional Array

[yus03590]

Hi!  I'm new to SAS OR.  I've having trouble reading data from a two dimensional array in the read data statement in proc optmodel.  

Here is the data:

data Preferences;
	length name $30. _6am_7am 3. _7am_8am 3._8am_9am 3. _9am_10am 3. _10am_11am 3. _11am_12pm 3. _12pm_1pm 3. _1pm_2pm 3. _2pm_3pm 3. _3pm_4pm 3. _4pm_5pm 3. _5pm_6pm 3. _6pm_7pm 3.;
	input name $ _6am_7am _7am_8am _8am_9am _9am_10am _10am_11am _11am_12pm _12pm_1pm _1pm_2pm _2pm_3pm _3pm_4pm _4pm_5pm _5pm_6pm _6pm_7pm;
datalines;
Evan_Boyak 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 3 4 4 3 0 0
Andrew_Miller 1 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 4 4 4 1
Jess_Whitaker 1 1 3 3 0 4 4 2 4 4 2 1 1
Rachel_Hartshorn 4 4 0 0 4 0 0 2 2 4 1 1 1
Mark_Hamilton 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 2 2 2 1 1
Jace_Webster 1 1 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 3 3 4 4
Brexton_Simonsen 0 0 1 4 4 0 3 0 0 4 1 2 4
Levi_Morse 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jhonny_Loaiza 2 3 0 0 3 3 2 3 4 4 4 4 3
Mitch_Lindeman 3 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1
Joel_LaPray 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 3 3 1 1 1 4
Jenna_Hamilton 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 2
Dallin_Miller 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 4 4 4 2 2 1
Jimmothy_Winters 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 3 0 0
Daniel_Barrio 1 1 2 4 0 2 2 0 0 4 4 4 4
Alex_Walters 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2
Gideon_Stowell 1 1 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Landon_Dyer 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 1

Here is my code:

proc optmodel;
set <string> employees;

set <string> shifts = {"_6am_7am", "_7am_8am", "_8am_9am", "_9am_10am", "_10am_11am", "_11am_12pm", "_12pm_1pm", "_1pm_2pm", "_2pm_3pm", "_3pm_4pm", "_4pm_5pm", "_5pm_6pm", "_6pm_7pm"};
read data Preferences into employees=[name];
num preferencesArray{employees, shifts};

for {name in employees} read data Preferences into {sh in shifts} <preferencesArray[name, sh] = col(sh)>;

for {name in employees} for {sh in shifts}
	put preferencesArray[name, sh]=;

quit;

In my log, every employee has the same shift preferences.  Only the first line of preference weights is being read.  What is the syntax for reading in such a two dimensional array?

Thanks!

[RobPratt]

Your FOR loop was reading the first line of the data set each time.  To read one observation per employee (with name as the key column), do this instead:

read data Preferences into [name] {sh in shifts} <preferencesArray[name, sh] = col(sh)>;

You can in fact combine your two READ DATA statements as follows:

read data Preferences into employees=[name] {sh in shifts} <preferencesArray[name, sh] = col(sh)>;

For more examples, see SAS/OR User's Guide: Mathematical Programming Examples.  The pdf version has a subject index that contains entries on reading various types of data, including two-dimensional.