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swatiN
Calcite | Level 5

HI,

How do I import this .txt into SAS with no titles using infile statement?

i.e I don't want ' INFORMATION ABOUT DEPTNO:10' & 'ENAME JOB SAL DEPTNO' into SAS dataset (i need only the observations)

Thanxs

 

INFORMATION ABOUT DEPTNO:10
'
ENAME JOB SAL DEPTNO
MILLER CLERK 2200.00 10
CLARK MANAGER 3350.00 10

'
INFORMATION ABOUT DEPTNO:20
'
ENAME JOB SAL DEPTNO
FORD ANALYST 4650.00 20
SCOTT ANALYST 4400.00 20

INFORMATION ABOUT DEPTNO:30
'
ENAME JOB SAL DEPTNO
JAMES CLERK 1587.50 30
BLAKE MANAGER 3962.50 30

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Patrick
Opal | Level 21

If the link @Reeza shared doesn't provide you enough guidance then please post an exact sample of your source data as a .txt attachment - or at least post it into a text window using the {i} icon here. Reason: Ensure that we get the exact layout without the forum pages altering anything. 

 

Also ensure that the sample data covers all possible cases. I.e. Is it possible that a source string for ENAME is made-up of more than one word like A. MILLER or MAC MILLER

Ksharp
Super User
data have;
infile cards truncover ;
input @;
if _infile_ in: (" " "'" "INFORMATION" "ENAME") then delete;
else input ENAME : $40. JOB : $40. SAL DEPTNO ;
cards;
INFORMATION ABOUT DEPTNO:10
'
ENAME JOB SAL DEPTNO
MILLER CLERK 2200.00 10
CLARK MANAGER 3350.00 10

'
INFORMATION ABOUT DEPTNO:20
'
ENAME JOB SAL DEPTNO
FORD ANALYST 4650.00 20
SCOTT ANALYST 4400.00 20

INFORMATION ABOUT DEPTNO:30
'
ENAME JOB SAL DEPTNO
JAMES CLERK 1587.50 30
BLAKE MANAGER 3962.50 30
;
proc print;run;
swatiN
Calcite | Level 5

Thank you so much for this info.

I really appreciate it.

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