How to readin text file inside a zipped file without zipping?!

[hellohere]

I have a zipped file with thousands of text files, and just need readin a few of them. 

How to readin text file inside a zipped file without zipping?! Is that possible?

Say the zipped file name is filezipped.zip and the file inside need be readin is file_0001.txt. 

What would be the sample code?!

I know how to unzip the file within SAS and readin text file. 

[Kurt_Bremser]

First, define a file reference for the zip archive, then use this with a member name in the DATA step.

filename zipfile zip "/path_to_file/filezipped.zip";

data want;
infile zip(file_0001.txt) /* other options */;
length ....;
format ....;
input ....;
run;

[Kurt_Bremser]

For reference, see Example 3 of FILENAME Statement: ZIP Access Method 

(Maxim 1: Read the Documentation)

[Tom]

You can read it using the ZIP fileref engine.

Either directly in the INFILE statement.

infile 'filezipped.zip' zip member='file_0001.txt' ;

Or by first creating a FILEREF .

filename file1 zip 'filezipped.zip' member='file_0001.txt' ;

and then using the fileref in the INFILE statement

infile file1 ;

You could also use the fileref in other places where you might have used a physical filename. Such as PROC IMPORT.

proc import file=file1 .....;

You could also make a fileref that does not specify which member of the ZIP file to read.

filename zipfile zip 'filezipped.zip' ;

That is the same as pointing a fileref at a directory .

In the INFILE statement you can then select which member you want using the normal old fashion SAS syntax:

infile zipfile('file_0001.txt') ;