The PROC IMPORT was how I finally got the file to read as a table. Nothing else worked to get rid of the commas. I'm on to the next issue now. Remedial help (I am a novice) is appreciated. Thanks.
A short look at the file lets you see that you have a character value called country, and a lot of numeric values.
So we first take the first line and copy it to our program editor:
Country,Year,School closures (OxBSG),Workplace Closures (OxBSG),Cancel public events (OxBSG),Restrictions on gatherings (OxBSG),Close public transport (OxBSG),Stay at home requirements (OxBSG),Restrictions on internal movement (OxBSG),International travel controls (OxBSG),Income support (OxBSG),Debt/contract relief (OxBSG),Fiscal measures (OxBSG),International support (OxBSG),Public information campaigns (OxBSG),Testing policy (OxBSG),Contact tracing (OxBSG),Emergency investment in health care (OxBSG),Investment in Vaccines (OxBSG),Facial coverings (OxBSG),Stringency Index (OxBSG),Containment and Health Index (OxBSG)
Next, split it into separate lines, remove the commas, and add quotes:
"Country"
"Year"
"School closures (OxBSG)"
"Workplace Closures (OxBSG)"
"Cancel public events (OxBSG)"
"Restrictions on gatherings (OxBSG)"
"Close public transport (OxBSG)"
"Stay at home requirements (OxBSG)"
"Restrictions on internal movement (OxBSG)"
"International travel controls (OxBSG)"
"Income support (OxBSG)"
"Debt/contract relief (OxBSG)"
"Fiscal measures (OxBSG)"
"International support (OxBSG)"
"Public information campaigns (OxBSG)"
"Testing policy (OxBSG)"
"Contact tracing (OxBSG)"
"Emergency investment in health care (OxBSG)"
"Investment in Vaccines (OxBSG)"
"Facial coverings (OxBSG)"
"Stringency Index (OxBSG)"
"Containment and Health Index (OxBSG)"
We now have most of a nice LABEL statement; let's find some nice valid SAS names, and make the statement complete:
label
country = "Country"
year = "Year"
sch_cl = "School closures (OxBSG)"
wpc_cl = "Workplace Closures (OxBSG)"
can_pe = "Cancel public events (OxBSG)"
rst_ga = "Restrictions on gatherings (OxBSG)"
cl_pt = "Close public transport (OxBSG)"
sh_req = "Stay at home requirements (OxBSG)"
rst_im = "Restrictions on internal movement (OxBSG)"
int_tc = "International travel controls (OxBSG)"
inc_sp = "Income support (OxBSG)"
dc_rel = "Debt/contract relief (OxBSG)"
fis_me = "Fiscal measures (OxBSG)"
int_sp = "International support (OxBSG)"
pbc_ca = "Public information campaigns (OxBSG)"
tes_po = "Testing policy (OxBSG)"
con_tr = "Contact tracing (OxBSG)"
emg_in = "Emergency investment in health care (OxBSG)"
inv_vc = "Investment in Vaccines (OxBSG)"
fac_cv = "Facial coverings (OxBSG)"
str_in = "Stringency Index (OxBSG)"
ch_ind = "Containment and Health Index (OxBSG)"
;
We now can hold down the alt key, mark only the names, and copy that to an input statement, where we add a character informat for country:
input
country :$50.
year
sch_cl
wpc_cl
can_pe
rst_ga
cl_pt
sh_req
rst_im
int_tc
inc_sp
dc_rel
fis_me
int_sp
pbc_ca
tes_po
con_tr
emg_in
inv_vc
fac_cv
str_in
ch_ind
;
Now combine that with what we already have, and modify the INFILE statement:
filename in url 'https://github.com/owid/covid-19-data/raw/master/public/data/bsg/COVID%20Government%20Response%20(OxBSG).csv';
data test;
infile in dlm=',' dsd firstobs=2 truncover;
label
country = "Country"
year = "Year"
sch_cl = "School closures (OxBSG)"
wpc_cl = "Workplace Closures (OxBSG)"
can_pe = "Cancel public events (OxBSG)"
rst_ga = "Restrictions on gatherings (OxBSG)"
cl_pt = "Close public transport (OxBSG)"
sh_req = "Stay at home requirements (OxBSG)"
rst_im = "Restrictions on internal movement (OxBSG)"
int_tc = "International travel controls (OxBSG)"
inc_sp = "Income support (OxBSG)"
dc_rel = "Debt/contract relief (OxBSG)"
fis_me = "Fiscal measures (OxBSG)"
int_sp = "International support (OxBSG)"
pbc_ca = "Public information campaigns (OxBSG)"
tes_po = "Testing policy (OxBSG)"
con_tr = "Contact tracing (OxBSG)"
emg_in = "Emergency investment in health care (OxBSG)"
inv_vc = "Investment in Vaccines (OxBSG)"
fac_cv = "Facial coverings (OxBSG)"
str_in = "Stringency Index (OxBSG)"
ch_ind = "Containment and Health Index (OxBSG)"
;
input
country :$50.
year
sch_cl
wpc_cl
can_pe
rst_ga
cl_pt
sh_req
rst_im
int_tc
inc_sp
dc_rel
fis_me
int_sp
pbc_ca
tes_po
con_tr
emg_in
inv_vc
fac_cv
str_in
ch_ind
;
run;
Voila, this is the log (run on my University Edition):
123 ch_ind 124 ; 125 run; NOTE: The infile IN is: Filename=https://github.com/owid/covid-19-data/raw/master/public/data/bsg/COVID%20Government%20Response%20(OxBSG).csv, Local Host Name=localhost.localdomain, Local Host IP addr=::1, Service Hostname Name=raw.githubusercontent.com, Service IP addr=199.232.16.133, Service Name=N/A,Service Portno=443, Lrecl=32767,Recfm=Variable NOTE: 57596 records were read from the infile IN. The minimum record length was 28. The maximum record length was 134. NOTE: The data set WORK.TEST has 57596 observations and 22 variables. NOTE: Verwendet wurde: DATA statement - (Gesamtverarbeitungszeit): real time 34.33 seconds cpu time 1.33 seconds
and the file imported fine.
As you can see, it took me about a quarter of an hour from reading your post to do this. That's why I never use IMPORT on a CSV file.
There is a trick to this. Run this:
options source;
PROC IMPORT DATAFILE=COVID1 DBMS=CSV OUT= COVID1;
run;
Then check your SAS log. Do you see DATA step code there? If so do a block copy (hold Alt key and mark code block to copy with mouse, then Ctrl C, Ctrl V) to paste that back into your program editor where you can fine-tune variable lengths etc. Now run your corrected DATA step code instead of PROC IMPORT.
My code was only for diagnostic purposes. You can use the file reference in the infile statement and add options like DLM=',' and DSD to read the file as if it was local, with delimited INPUT.
Not too sure what you are after, but have looked at the GIT functions, such as GIT_FETCH?
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