BookmarkSubscribeRSS Feed
ThomasH
Calcite | Level 5
Dear forum members,

I've got another problem here I cannot handle.

I am trying to read a CSV file into a dataset with all input data being alphanumeric. It works pefectly like this:

Data &_output.;
infile "&STGPfad/&_infile" delimiter=';' firstobs=2;
informat default=$1024.;
input (fld1-fld&nr) ($);
Run;

When it comes to a CSV row like

3;4;5;6;7;;8;9

the missing value is not taken as "." but the "8" is taken from the next field and so on, which is...well..wrong.

So I tried "MISSOVER" in the INFILE statement, but still it doesn't work.

Any other ideas would help me a lot.

Thanks and regarsd,
Thomas
2 REPLIES 2
sbb
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10 sbb
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10
Add the DSD parameter to the INFILE statement.

Scott Barry
SBBWorks, Inc.
ThomasH
Calcite | Level 5
That helped, thanks! I was trying with DSD and MISSOVER in parallel, which screwed it up even more 😉

Thomas

hackathon24-white-horiz.png

The 2025 SAS Hackathon has begun!

It's finally time to hack! Remember to visit the SAS Hacker's Hub regularly for news and updates.

Latest Updates

How to Concatenate Values

Learn how use the CAT functions in SAS to join values from multiple variables into a single value.

Find more tutorials on the SAS Users YouTube channel.

SAS Training: Just a Click Away

 Ready to level-up your skills? Choose your own adventure.

Browse our catalog!

Discussion stats
  • 2 replies
  • 919 views
  • 0 likes
  • 2 in conversation