Datalines

[AMFR]

Hi all,

I am creating a file with the codes below but there is something wrong because my first row of data is messed up. How can I fix this. Also, if I want to add to add datetime variable to this data, how can I do this.

data work.transfuse;

infile datalines delimiter=",";

length Type $100 Result $500;

input Encounter Type $ Result $;

datalines;

1240,Blood Transfusion Reason,Anemia

1240,Packed RBC Transfusion Template,Blood Transfusion Results 08/24/2018 04:21 Hemoglobin 6.9 gm/dL 08/24/2018 01:29 BG-Lactate 1.33 mmol/L 08/24/2018 07:00 Systolic BP 101 mmHg 08/24/2018 07:00 Heart Rate 95 bpm

1240,Transfusion Indications Hemoglobin,Hemoglobin [Hgb] < 8gm/dL

1250,Blood Transfusion Reason,Anemia

1250,Packed RBC Transfusion Template,Blood Transfusion Results 08/22/2018 12:00 Systolic BP 120 mmHg 08/22/2018 12:00 Heart Rate 67 bpm

1250,Transfusion Indications Hemoglobin,Hemoglobin [Hgb] < 8gm/dL

;

run;

proc print data=work.transfuse;

run;

 Thanks

[PeterClemmensen · Accepted solution]

Something like this?

What do you want the datetime variable to contain?

data work.transfuse;
infile datalines delimiter=",";
length Type $100 Result $500;
input Encounter Type $ Result $;
dt=datetime();
format dt datetime20.;
datalines;
1240,Blood Transfusion Reason,Anemia
1240,Packed RBC Transfusion Template,Blood Transfusion Results 08/24/2018 04:21 Hemoglobin 6.9 gm/dL 08/24/2018 01:29 BG-Lactate 1.33 mmol/L 08/24/2018 07:00 Systolic BP 101 mmHg 08/24/2018 07:00 Heart Rate 95 bpm
1240,Transfusion Indications Hemoglobin,Hemoglobin [Hgb] < 8gm/dL
1250,Blood Transfusion Reason,Anemia
1250,Packed RBC Transfusion Template,Blood Transfusion Results 08/22/2018 12:00 Systolic BP 120 mmHg 08/22/2018 12:00 Heart Rate 67 bpm
1250,Transfusion Indications Hemoglobin,Hemoglobin [Hgb] < 8gm/dL
;
run;

[AMFR]

I want date and time in this format 08/24/2018 08:23:00. It would be different for each encounter.

[AMFR]

How did you fix this? I cannot see any difference in your codes and my codes but your output is not messed up.

Thanks

[PeterClemmensen]

Some kind of magic touch I guess? 🙂

Joking aside, when I run your exact code I get a messed up result as well. You have a blank line as the first line inside the datalines. Usually in SAS, a blank line does not matter. However, inside the datalines is a whole other story and care must be taken. 

[AMFR]

I figured it out, there was nothing wrong with my codes. Just because of space between datalines was causing that error.

Thanks a lot

[RW9]

The reason you have bad output is because your data contains the delimiter.  

1240,Blood Transfusion Reason,Anemia

        ^                                          ^

Here are two delimiters, you are reading two variables, so the third word carries over.

In a standard conformant csv file, text strings which contain the delimiter must be surrounded by quotes, e.g:

1240,"Blood Transfusion Reason,Anemia"

Otherwise it is not a csv file, and you will need to read the whole line in one input, then post process out the various parts later with substr or scan.  Get the file into a proper CSV file format and avoid all this trouble.