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gobejo
Calcite | Level 5

Hi,

I have a .csv file of 1.5 million records. I was wondering if there is a way of subsetting only the first 200 records, just to see how the data looks.

Thanks,

Thomas

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Reeza
Super User

Lots of ways.

If you're importing via proc import or data step you can use

options obs=200;

*code to import;

options obs=max;

If you're on Unix or via powershell look at the head command of the file to display the first few lines.

Doc_Duke
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

When you open a dataset to look at it in EGuide, there is a default number of records that it reads (I think 1000).  You can change the default under tools --> options.

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