Problems reading text file with scanover and @ symbol

[cjohnson]

I am trying to read JSON data in a data step.  I am running SAS 9.3, so I don't have PROC JSON.  Below is my code, results, and text file I am trying to read.  The problem is that I am using scanover and @ to point to "year":, for instance, and read the next variable.  However, when I get to periodName, it has variable length, so I am running past the field.  I have experimented with different options, dlm=, etc, but I can't get this to work.  Any help would be greatly appreciated!

data testdata;

    infile OUT lrecl = 32000 truncover scanover;

        input

            @'"year":' year $6.

            @'"period":' period $5.

            @'"periodName":' periodName $15.

            @'"value":' value $15.

            @'"footnotes":' footnotes $255.;

run;

"2014"

"M10"

"October","valu

"24.19","footno

[{}]},{"year":"2014","period":"M07","periodName":"July","value":"23.96","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2014","period":"M06","periodName":"June","value":"24.11","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2014","period":"M05","periodName":"May","value":"23.98","footnotes":[{}]

{"status":"REQUEST_SUCCEEDED","responseTime":42,"message":[],"Results":{

"series":

[{"seriesID":"CEU0800000003","data":[{"year":"2014","period":"M10","periodName":"October","value":"24.19","footnotes":[{"code":"P","text":"preliminary"}]},{"year":"2014","period":"M09","periodName":"September","value":"24.19","footnotes":[{"code":"P","text":"preliminary"}]},{"year":"2014","period":"M08","periodName":"August","value":"23.98","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2014","period":"M07","periodName":"July","value":"23.96","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2014","period":"M06","periodName":"June","value":"24.11","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2014","period":"M05","periodName":"May","value":"23.98","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2014","period":"M04","periodName":"April","value":"24.08","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2014","period":"M03","periodName":"March","value":"24.21","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2014","period":"M02","periodName":"February","value":"24.32","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2014","period":"M01","periodName":"January","value":"24.06","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2013","period":"M12","periodName":"December","value":"23.99","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2013","period":"M11","periodName":"November","value":"23.81","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2013","period":"M10","periodName":"October","value":"23.74","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2013","period":"M09","periodName":"September","value":"23.89","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2013","period":"M08","periodName":"August","value":"23.48","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2013","period":"M07","periodName":"July","value":"23.49","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2013","period":"M06","periodName":"June","value":"23.66","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2013","period":"M05","periodName":"May","value":"23.51","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2013","period":"M04","periodName":"April","value":"23.66","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2013","period":"M03","periodName":"March","value":"23.58","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2013","period":"M02","periodName":"February","value":"23.66","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2013","period":"M01","periodName":"January","value":"23.62","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2012","period":"M12","periodName":"December","value":"23.58","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2012","period":"M11","periodName":"November","value":"23.31","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2012","period":"M10","periodName":"October","value":"23.24","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2012","period":"M09","periodName":"September","value":"23.42","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2012","period":"M08","periodName":"August","value":"22.96","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2012","period":"M07","periodName":"July","value":"23.20","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2012","period":"M06","periodName":"June","value":"22.97","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2012","period":"M05","periodName":"May","value":"23.04","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2012","period":"M04","periodName":"April","value":"23.36","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2012","period":"M03","periodName":"March","value":"23.10","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2012","period":"M02","periodName":"February","value":"23.12","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2012","period":"M01","periodName":"January","value":"23.30","footnotes":[{}]}]}]

}}

[ballardw · Accepted solution]

Try adding DLM=',' to the INFILE and using INFORMAT statements instead of having the informat in the input:

informat  year $6.

             period $5.

            periodName $15.

             value $15.

             footnotes $255.;

        input

            @'"year":' year

            @'"period":' period

            @'"periodName":' periodName

            @'"value":' value $15.

            @'"footnotes":' footnotes ;

[cjohnson]

Thanks!  I added a @@ to the end of the input, and it worked great.