Question about numbering

[hjinp]

Hello,

I am currently reading through a Base SAS Introduction book and came across

I am wondering why IdNumber and Name indicate spacing of 1-4 and 6-24 behind it while team, startweight and endweight variables do not have any specifications?

Thank you!

-hjinp

[Kurt_Bremser]

Look at the lines of text in the file you read, and you might get a clue why, for some variables, fixed positions are used, while others are simply read along the delimiters.

[Tom]

Probably to show you that it is possible to mix different input modes in the same INPUT statement.

The variables with the column numbers are being read using COLUMN mode and the others are using LIST mode.  While you are at it read about FORMATTED mode and NAMED mode.