I think maybe I am not giving enough details on how everything is set up and what I am already doing. So here we go. First off, I am using a Mac Book and SAS University Edition.
I am using Cody’s Learning SAS by Example. On page 9 of the 2nd edition, he lists a raw data file Mydata.txt. This is what it contains:
M 50 68 155
F 23 60 101
M 65 72 220
F 35 65 1330
M 15 71 166
The program syntax he uses is listed as follows:
data Demographic;
infile “C:\books\learning\Mydata.txt”;
input Gender $ Age Height Weight;
run;
In order to do this problem myself, I downloaded this and all other data files that go with the book at support.sas.com/cody.
On my physical computer, I have one main folder, listed as SASUniversity Edition. There is a subfolder to it titled 71442_example. In that folder, I have access to the Mydata.txt file mentioned above. I can open and close it and it contains the same raw data as the example above. The folders I just mentioned are marked as “shared folders” and the Mydata.txt file is NOT marked as locked.
When I go to virtual machine, the main folder, listed above, and I assume all subfolders, are listed as a shared folder. It is set to Full Access and is in Auto Mount. If I put my mouse arrow on it, a textbox appears that reads:
“List all shared folders accessible to this machine. Use ‘net use x: \\vboxsvr\share' (note* this shouldn't be underlined but its showing up like that here) to access a shared folder named share from a DOS-like OS, or ‘mount -t vboxsf share mount_point’ to access it from a Linus OS. This feature requires Guest Additions."
When I go to SAS Studio, listed under my Folder Shortcuts is the folder SASUniversity Edition and a subfolder, 71442_example. I’m assuming I have successfully shared these folders from my physical computer to SAS Studio, since they are visible on SAS Studio. In the 71442_example folder, I can locate the file, Mydata.txt and open it. When I check the properties, it lists this:
Name: Mydata.txt
Type: File
Location: /folders/myshortcuts/SASUniversityEdition/71442_example/Mydata.txt
Size: 63 Bytes
Date modified: Jul 12, 2019, 2:55:18 PM.
Trying to follow the example from Cody, listed above, I write the following syntax:
data Demographic;
infile “C:/folders/myshortcuts/SASUniversityEdition/71442_example/Mydata.txt”;
input Gender $ Age Height Weight;
run;
Here is the log:
1 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;
72
73 data Demographic;
74 infile “C:/folders/myshortcuts/SASUniversityEdition/71442_example/Mydata.txt”;
_
23
ERROR 23-2: Invalid option name :.
74 ! infile “C:/folders/myshortcuts/SASUniversityEdition/71442_example/Mydata.txt”;
_______
23
ERROR 23-2: Invalid option name FOLDERS.
74 ! infile “C:/folders/myshortcuts/SASUniversityEdition/71442_example/Mydata.txt”;
___________
23
ERROR 23-2: Invalid option name MYSHORTCUTS.
74 ! infile “C:/folders/myshortcuts/SASUniversityEdition/71442_example/Mydata.txt”;
____________________
23
ERROR 23-2: Invalid option name SASUNIVERSITYEDITION.
74 ! infile “C:/folders/myshortcuts/SASUniversityEdition/71442_example/Mydata.txt”;
________
23
ERROR 23-2: Invalid option name _EXAMPLE.
75 input Gender $ Age Height Weight;
76 run;
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
WARNING: The data set WORK.DEMOGRAPHIC may be incomplete. When this step was stopped there were 0 observations and 4 variables.
NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
real time 0.00 seconds
cpu time 0.01 seconds
77
78
79
80 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;
92
So what is not set up right? The syntax? The folders? Both?
