Hi,
I try to
a) create a dataset of non consecutive .csv files in a certain folder
b) loop through this dataset and load each file into a master dataset
c) add one column to each row that contains the origin (filename) of that row
Step (a) works like this:
%let servername=\\some\folder\;
libname out "&servername.Users\xxxx";
Filename filelist pipe "dir /b \\some\other\folder\*.txt";
Data out.filelist;
Infile filelist truncover;
Input filename $120.;
Run;
Step (b) however keeps not using the variable for the filename:
data out.completeset_total; set out.filelist; do i=1 to 3; filepath="&servername"||filename; call symput(fpath,TRIM(filepath)); call symput(fname,TRIM(filename)); put fpath; filename abc3 "&servername.more\sub\folders\&fpath..txt"; infile abc3 truncover lrecl=1001 firstobs=2 ; input @1 abc_RS BEST1. @2 abc_anothercol BEST4. &fpath. end; run;
Question: How can I make the filename statement loop through the variable fpath correctly?
If they're all in the same folder and the same layout you can use the approach outlined here that does everything you were trying to do:
Or the INFILE statement has examples of keeping the file name used and/or reading from multiple files using the FILEVAR option and the FILENAME option to keep the name of the file.
See Example 5:
@GijsTerBeek wrote:
Hi,
I try to
a) create a dataset of non consecutive .csv files in a certain folder
b) loop through this dataset and load each file into a master dataset
c) add one column to each row that contains the origin (filename) of that row
Step (a) works like this:
%let servername=\\some\folder\;
libname out "&servername.Users\xxxx";
Filename filelist pipe "dir /b \\some\other\folder\*.txt";
Data out.filelist;
Infile filelist truncover;
Input filename $120.;
Run;
Step (b) however keeps not using the variable for the filename:
data out.completeset_total; set out.filelist; do i=1 to 3; filepath="&servername"||filename; call symput(fpath,TRIM(filepath)); call symput(fname,TRIM(filename)); put fpath; filename abc3 "&servername.more\sub\folders\&fpath..txt"; infile abc3 truncover lrecl=1001 firstobs=2 ; input @1 abc_RS BEST1. @2 abc_anothercol BEST4. &fpath. end; run;Question: How can I make the filename statement loop through the variable fpath correctly?
If they're all in the same folder and the same layout you can use the approach outlined here that does everything you were trying to do:
Or the INFILE statement has examples of keeping the file name used and/or reading from multiple files using the FILEVAR option and the FILENAME option to keep the name of the file.
See Example 5:
@GijsTerBeek wrote:
Hi,
I try to
a) create a dataset of non consecutive .csv files in a certain folder
b) loop through this dataset and load each file into a master dataset
c) add one column to each row that contains the origin (filename) of that row
Step (a) works like this:
%let servername=\\some\folder\;
libname out "&servername.Users\xxxx";
Filename filelist pipe "dir /b \\some\other\folder\*.txt";
Data out.filelist;
Infile filelist truncover;
Input filename $120.;
Run;
Step (b) however keeps not using the variable for the filename:
data out.completeset_total; set out.filelist; do i=1 to 3; filepath="&servername"||filename; call symput(fpath,TRIM(filepath)); call symput(fname,TRIM(filename)); put fpath; filename abc3 "&servername.more\sub\folders\&fpath..txt"; infile abc3 truncover lrecl=1001 firstobs=2 ; input @1 abc_RS BEST1. @2 abc_anothercol BEST4. &fpath. end; run;Question: How can I make the filename statement loop through the variable fpath correctly?
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