Problem in reading files. Please help.

[Aquarian27]

001 Christopher Mullens  11/12/1955 $45,200

002 Michelle Kwo   9/12/1955  $78,123

003 Roger W. McDonald     1/1/1960 $107,200

data listMultiple;

infile "d:\sas\list_MultipleBlank.txt";

input id : $3. name & $20.

date1 : mmddyy10. amount : dollar8.;

run;

proc print data=listMultiple;

format date1 mmddyy10. amount dollar8.;

run;

When I try to read the above data, I got the following errors:

17 data listMultiple;

18 infile "d:\sas\list_MultipleBlank.txt";

19 input id : $3. name & $20.

20 date1 : mmddyy10. amount : dollar8.;

21 run;

NOTE: The infile "d:\sas\list_MultipleBlank.txt" is:

File Name=d:\sas\list_MultipleBlank.txt,

RECFM=V,LRECL=256

NOTE: Invalid data for date1 in line 2 1-3.

NOTE: Invalid data for amount in line 2 5-12.

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

2 CHAR 002 Michelle Kwo 9/12/1955 .$78,123 37

ZONE 3332466666662476222323323333202332333

NUMR 0020D9385CC50B7F0009F12F195509478C123

id=001 name=Christopher Mullens date1=. amount=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=1

NOTE: Invalid data for date1 in line 3 24-24.

NOTE: Invalid data for amount in line 3 27-34.

3 CHAR 003 Roger W. McDonald . 1/1/1960 $107,200 43

ZONE 3332566672522464666662202232323333223332333

NUMR 00302F75207E0D34FE1C4009001F1F196004107C200

id=003 name=Roger W. McDonald date1=. amount=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=2

NOTE: 3 records were read from the infile "d:\sas\list_MultipleBlank.txt".

The minimum record length was 37.

The maximum record length was 43.

NOTE: SAS went to a new line when INPUT statement reached past the end of a line.

NOTE: The data set WORK.LISTMULTIPLE has 2 observations and 4 variables.

NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):

real time 0.17 seconds

cpu time 0.06 seconds

　

22 proc print data=listMultiple;

23 format date1 mmddyy10. amount dollar8.;

24 run;

NOTE: There were 2 observations read from the data set WORK.LISTMULTIPLE.

NOTE: PROCEDURE PRINT used (Total process time):

real time 0.00 seconds

cpu time 0.01 seconds

[shivas]

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https://communities.sas.com/message/126382#126382

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Thanks,

Shiva

[Astounding]

Assuming your data reliably follows the pattern that you expect, here's a two-step approach.

First, add this statement before the INPUT statement:

length name $ 20;

Then modify the INPUT statement by removing $20. (but keep the &).

Good luck.

[Aquarian27]

data listMultiple;

infile "d:\sas\list_MultipleBlank.txt" truncover;

length name $20;

input id : $3. name &

date1 : mmddyy10. amount : dollar8.;

run;

After run the above code, I got the following output :

                    1     Christopher Mullens      001             .           .

                   2     Michelle Kwo            002    09/12/1955     $78,123

                   3     Roger W. McDonald       003             .           .

[data_null__]

I think your data lines have characters that you don't expect.  I see at least one tab character.

Can you run this and post the log output.

data _null_;

   infile <your file>;

   input;

   list;

   run;

[Tom]

data_null_ is correct for this sample data. You can add the EXPANDTABS option to the INFILE statement and your input statement will work.

data listMultiple;

  infile tmpfile1 expandtabs;

  input id : $3. name & $20.

      date1 : mmddyy10. amount : dollar8.

  ;

  format date1 yymmdd10. amount dollar8.;

  put _infile_;

  put (_all_) (=);

run;

002 Michelle Kwo   9/12/1955    $78,123

id=002 name=Michelle Kwo date1=1955-09-12 amount=$78,123

003 Roger W. McDonald     1/1/1960 $107,200

id=003 name=Roger W. McDonald date1=1960-01-01 amount=$107,200

[Ksharp]

I think you need add truncover into infile statement , which is a mistake I used to make .