Basic Datalines

[ThomasGeorge]

I tried this code:

data Rulan;

length Evaluation $50 Questions $50

input Evaluation $ Questions $ ID SP_MD Response Out_Of;

datalines;

canmed Patients needs and feelings 001 1 5 5

standardized.pt Response to feelings  001 0 6 7

canmed Coherence 001 1 5 5

standardized.pt Degree of coherence 001 0 4 5

canmed Verbal Expression 001 1 5 5

standardized.pt Verbal Expression 001 0 5 5

canmed Non-Verbal Expression 001 1 5 5

standardized.pt Non-Verbal Expression 001 0 4 5

run;

But i get this error:

why?

144  data Rulan;

145  length Evaluation $50 Questions $50

146  input Evaluation $ Questions $ ID SP_MD Response Out_Of;

                        ---------

                        391

                        202

WARNING: Length of character variable Evaluation has already been set.

         Use the LENGTH statement as the very first statement in the DATA STEP to declare the

         length of a character variable.

146  input Evaluation $ Questions $ ID SP_MD Response Out_Of;

                                                            -

                                                            22

ERROR 391-185: Expecting a variable length specification.

ERROR 202-322: The option or parameter is not recognized and will be ignored.

ERROR 22-322: Expecting a numeric constant.

1    1

     -

     352

ERROR 352-185: The length of numeric variables is 3-8.

147  datalines;

NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.

WARNING: The data set WORK.RULAN may be incomplete.  When this step was stopped there were 0

         observations and 7 variables.

WARNING: Data set WORK.RULAN was not replaced because this step was stopped.

NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):

      real time           0.01 seconds

      cpu time            0.01 seconds

156  run;

[Haikuo]

For one, you missed a semicolon on the end of your length statement and after your raw data. For two, I see more elements in your raw data than the ones being defined in your input statement. You need to read the manual.

Regards,

Haikuo

Edit: The little SAS book was a good start for me: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1599947250/ref=asc_df_15999472501920882?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=hyprod-20&li...

[ThomasGeorge]

I tried this code:

data Rulan;

          length Evaluation $ 30. Questions $ 80.;

          input Evaluation $ Questions $ ID SP_MD Response Out_Of;

datalines;

canmed Patients needs and feelings 001 1 5 5

standardized.pt Response to feelings  001 0 6 7

canmed Coherence 001 1 5 5

standardized.pt Degree of coherence 001 0 4 5

canmed Verbal Expression 001 1 5 5

standardized.pt Verbal Expression 001 0 5 5

canmed Non-Verbal Expression 001 1 5 5

standardized.pt Non-Verbal Expression 001 0 4 5

run;

It gives me this info on the log:

1    data Rulan;

2        length Evaluation $ 30. Questions $ 80.;

3        input Evaluation $ Questions $ ID SP_MD Response Out_Of;

4    datalines;

NOTE: Invalid data for ID in line 5 17-21.

NOTE: Invalid data for SP_MD in line 5 23-25.

NOTE: Invalid data for Response in line 5 27-34.

RULE:      ----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8----+--

5          canmed Patients needs and feelings 001 1 5 5

Evaluation=canmed Questions=Patients ID=. SP_MD=. Response=. Out_Of=1 _ERROR_=1 _N_=1

NOTE: Invalid data for ID in line 6 26-27.

NOTE: Invalid data for SP_MD in line 6 29-36.

6          standardized.pt Response to feelings  001 0 6 7

Evaluation=standardized.pt Questions=Response ID=. SP_MD=. Response=1 Out_Of=0 _ERROR_=1 _N_=2

NOTE: Invalid data for ID in line 8 24-25.

NOTE: Invalid data for SP_MD in line 8 27-35.

8          standardized.pt Degree of coherence 001 0 4 5

Evaluation=standardized.pt Questions=Degree ID=. SP_MD=. Response=1 Out_Of=0 _ERROR_=1 _N_=4

NOTE: Invalid data for ID in line 9 15-24.

9          canmed Verbal Expression 001 1 5 5

Evaluation=canmed Questions=Verbal ID=. SP_MD=1 Response=1 Out_Of=5 _ERROR_=1 _N_=5

NOTE: Invalid data for ID in line 10 24-33.

10         standardized.pt Verbal Expression 001 0 5 5

Evaluation=standardized.pt Questions=Verbal ID=. SP_MD=1 Response=0 Out_Of=5 _ERROR_=1 _N_=6

NOTE: Invalid data for ID in line 11 19-28.

11         canmed Non-Verbal Expression 001 1 5 5

Evaluation=canmed Questions=Non-Verbal ID=. SP_MD=1 Response=1 Out_Of=5 _ERROR_=1 _N_=7

NOTE: Invalid data for ID in line 12 28-37.

12         standardized.pt Non-Verbal Expression 001 0 4 5

Evaluation=standardized.pt Questions=Non-Verbal ID=. SP_MD=1 Response=0 Out_Of=4 _ERROR_=1 _N_=8

NOTE: The data set WORK.RULAN has 8 observations and 6 variables.

NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):

      real time           0.01 seconds

      cpu time            0.01 seconds

13   run;

[art297]

I would change the lengths to informats and, instead of the $ signs in the input statements replace them with & as you want to read multiple words, and insure that you have at least two spaces (not the one that you currently have) between variables in your data.