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ets_kps
SAS Employee

Ok,

I need some help.  I need to import this dataset to a SAS dataset and I want to use as few a lines of code as possible. I would rather not write a data step to read it it.  Can i use PROC IMPORT?

"https://research.stlouisfed.org/econ/mccracken/fred-databases/monthly/current.csv"

Who can do it?

Thanks-Ken

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FriedEgg
SAS Employee

filename csvFile url "https://research.stlouisfed.org/econ/mccracken/fred-databases/monthly/current.csv" termstr=crlf;

proc import datafile=csvFile out=foo replace dbms=csv; run;

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PGStats
Opal | Level 21

Use PROC HTTP:

/* Set destination fileref */

filename csvFile "&sasforum.\datasets\current.csv";

/* Get file */

proc http method="get" out=csvFile url="https://research.stlouisfed.org/econ/mccracken/fred-databases/monthly/current.csv";

run;

filename csvFile;

Works for me.

PG

PG
FriedEgg
SAS Employee

filename csvFile url "https://research.stlouisfed.org/econ/mccracken/fred-databases/monthly/current.csv" termstr=crlf;

proc import datafile=csvFile out=foo replace dbms=csv; run;

ets_kps
SAS Employee

thanks to both of you.  they both work great.  -Ken

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