Could somebody please give me some thoughts what do loop I should code to extract the data between String PROF so basically the output dataset should have records which are between "PROF" string as many time as it appear until it reach End of file..
TESTING DATA WHICH IS NOT VALID
TESTING DATA WHICH IS NOT VALID
TESING DATA PROF
YES THIS IS A RECORD
YES THIS IS ANOTHER RECORD
DXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
TESTING DATA PROF
YES THIS IS A RECORD
YES THIS IS ANOTHER RECORD
DXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
TESTING DATA WHICH IS NOT VALID
TESTING DATA WHICH IS NOT VALID
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It really helps to provide an example of actual data in the form of a data step. Instructions here: https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Communities-Library/How-to-create-a-data-step-version-of-your-dat... will show how to turn an existing SAS data set into data step code that can be pasted into a forum code box using the {i} icon or attached as text to show exactly what you have and that we can test code against.
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