For the data in the attached file, I used the below code to repull the data. However, the data has been cut off in the middle because the data in a row is too long. Is there a way to set some number such that the data is not cut off? Thank you for the help.
data want ;
length filename fn $200 ;
infile 'C:\Users\*.txt' filename=fn eov=eov length=ll column=cc truncover ;
fileno+1;
do row=1 by 1 until (eov) ;
do col=1 by 1 until (cc>ll);
input num @ ;
filename=fn ;
output;
end;
input;
end;
run;
Note: The default LRECL under Windows was increased in SAS 9.4 to 32767 . OP is probably running an earlier version where the default LRECL under Windows was 256.
http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/hostwin/63047/HTML/default/viewer.htm#chifoptfmain.htm
... Also, the eov variable is set to 1 after you read a line from the next file and it is not reset by SAS. Try this logic:
data test;
length fn filename $200;
infile "C:\users\*.txt" filename=fn eov=eov
length=ll column=cc truncover lrecl=2000;
input @; /* Read a line to trigger eov */
if eov then do;
fileno + 1;
row = 0;
eov = 0; /* reset eov */
end;
row + 1;
filename = fn;
do col = 1 by 1 until(cc>ll);
input num @;
output;
end;
run;
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