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pedrohtr
Fluorite | Level 6

Hi everyone,

I have several data files need to import in EG, that comes like:

TXT FILE

0000280727000004825100000078690010001000005A0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001

XML FILE

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

-<FlatFileDefinition ZipName="" FileName="positional.txt" TemplateName="MMM MIX - v2 Catlg TXT">


-<Columns>

<Column Type="Field" Repeat="1" Length="10" Start="1" Name="Code"/>

<Column Type="Field" Repeat="1" Length="10" Start="11" Name="Ncc"/>

<Column Type="Field" Repeat="1" Length="10" Start="21" Name="Prov_cod"/>

<Column Type="Field" Repeat="1" Length="3" Start="31" Name="Regi_Cod"/>

<Column Type="Field" Repeat="1" Length="4" Start="34" Name="Dist_Cod"/>

<Column Type="Field" Repeat="1" Length="6" Start="38" Name="Terr_Cod"/>

<Column Type="Field" Repeat="1" Length="1" Start="44" Name="Clie_Let"/>

<Column Type="Measure" Repeat="12" Length="15" Start="45" Name="Units_Period"/>

<Column Type="MeasureControl" Repeat="1" Length="25" Start="225" Name="Sum_Total"/>

</Columns>

</FlatFileDefinition>

How to make EG interpret this XML file like the line format/delimiter? Or any other possible solution....

Thanks in advance

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Ksharp
Super User

data have;
infile '/folders/myfolders/have.xml' dlm='"/' ;
input @'Type=' type : $40. @'Repeat=' repeat : $40.
      @'Length=' length : $40. @'Start=' start : $40. 
      @'Name=' name : $40. ;    
run;
data name;
 set have;
 num_repeat=input(repeat,best.);
 num_len=input(length,best.);
 num_start=input(start,best.);
 do i=1 to num_repeat;
  vname=catx('_',name,i);
  col=catx('-',num_start,num_start+num_len);
  num_start=num_start+num_len;
  output;
 end;
run;
proc sql noprint;
select catx(' ',vname,'$',col) into : list separated by ' '
 from name;
quit;
%put &list ;
data want;
 infile '/folders/myfolders/have.txt' lrecl=320000 pad;
 input &list ;
run;

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Haris
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10
For your consideration: open XML in Excel and saving it in Excel format. Then import Excel into SAS.
ballardw
Super User

Or save as CSV from Excel and import.

Ksharp
Super User
Use the following to get data structure from xml.
After that make a macro or CALL EXECUTE() to import that TXT file.


filename x temp;
libname xx xmlv2 '/folders/myfolders/have.xml' automap=replace xmlmap=x;
proc copy in=xx out=work;
run;
Ksharp
Super User

data have;
infile '/folders/myfolders/have.xml' dlm='"/' ;
input @'Type=' type : $40. @'Repeat=' repeat : $40.
      @'Length=' length : $40. @'Start=' start : $40. 
      @'Name=' name : $40. ;    
run;
data name;
 set have;
 num_repeat=input(repeat,best.);
 num_len=input(length,best.);
 num_start=input(start,best.);
 do i=1 to num_repeat;
  vname=catx('_',name,i);
  col=catx('-',num_start,num_start+num_len);
  num_start=num_start+num_len;
  output;
 end;
run;
proc sql noprint;
select catx(' ',vname,'$',col) into : list separated by ' '
 from name;
quit;
%put &list ;
data want;
 infile '/folders/myfolders/have.txt' lrecl=320000 pad;
 input &list ;
run;

pedrohtr
Fluorite | Level 6
Excelent way to solve Ksharp!
Thanks a lot! Worked fine.

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