Hello everyone!
When I try to import a .txt file into SAS,I just know the partial characters of the file's name, that means I don't know the full name of the file.
I know the .txt file's name start with "my_txt". and location is c:\myfile .
Could anyone tell me is that possible I can import the .txt file?
data one;
infile "C:\myfile\my_txt???????.txt"; /*those ? denotes unknown characters*/
input x;
run;
Thanks!
Mike
Will there be more than one file with that naming convention?
Have you tried a wildcard, * instead of multiple question marks?
only one file whose name start with "my_txt"
and the multiple question mark is just for show you that place missing lots of character,I don't know what to do with it.
Thanks
Try the * then.
infile "C:\myfile\my_txt*.txt";
Thanks!
It works well!
and if there were more than one file start with it, SAS can read them into one dataset .
got you
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