What is wrong with my programming here ?

[Godzilla_Hat]

Can someone explain how do I fix my input to show the data correctly. I don't understand how it works. Can someone show me how the code should look ?

data hurricane1;
input name $ 1-7 year 8-12 deaths 13-17;
datalines;
Katrina	2005	1200
Andrew	1992	23
Charley	2004	10
Wilma	2005	5
Ivan	2004	25
Rita	2005	7
Frances	2004	6
Hugo	1989	21
Jeanne	2004	5
Floyd	1999	56
;
run;
proc print data=hurricane1;
run;

I really don't get how to use column inputs. What do I have to do ?

[SASKiwi]

There's nothing wrong with your program, but you have tabs in your data rows causing misalignments. Remove ALL tabs from your data lines and replace with spaces.

[Godzilla_Hat]

So are the tabs for example the "1-7" ?

[SASKiwi]

No, you have tab characters between your data items: Katrina<tab>2005<tab>1200.

Remove the tabs or use @data_null__ 's solution.

[data_null__]

Alternative would show the tabs some love.  DSD and DLM= options.

data hurricane1;
   infile cards dsd dlm='09'x;
   input name $ year deaths;
   datalines;
Katrina	2005	1200
Andrew	1992	23
Charley	2004	10
Wilma	2005	5
Ivan	2004	25
Rita	2005	7
Frances	2004	6
Hugo	1989	21
Jeanne	2004	5
Floyd	1999	56
;
run;
proc print data=hurricane1;
run;

[Godzilla_Hat]

Thank you ! I was able to get it to work !

[data_null__ · Accepted solution]

Your data have tabs.  Use INFILE statement option EXPANDTABS;  

data hurricane1;
   infile cards expandtabs;
   input name $ 1-7 year 8-12 deaths 13-17;
   datalines;
Katrina	2005	1200
Andrew	1992	23
Charley	2004	10
Wilma	2005	5
Ivan	2004	25
Rita	2005	7
Frances	2004	6
Hugo	1989	21
Jeanne	2004	5
Floyd	1999	56
;
run;
proc print data=hurricane1;
run;