Is there a way to readin a raw file by delimiter or is a line by line read-in the only option. Because I have split lines with quite weird scenarios.
A B C
1 2 3
1
3 6
1 5
8
It should have been
A B C
1 2 3
1 3 6
1 5 8
Please help!
Not sure whether it is possible or not..
data have;
input a b c;
cards;
1 2 3
1
3 6
1 5
8
;
run;
proc print; run;
Output:
Obs a b c
1 1 2 3
2 1 3 6
3 1 5 8
I think you should post some more sample data to clarify your question.
filename x 'c:\x.txt'; data want(keep=a b c); infile x end=last; input; length row $ 256 ; retain row; row=catx(' ',row,_infile_); if countw(row)=3 then do; a=scan(row,1);b=scan(row,2);c=scan(row,3); output; call missing(row); end; else if last then do; a=scan(row,1);b=scan(row,2);c=scan(row,3); output; end; run;
Ksharp
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