Hello SAS Experts,
Is there a way to read the file name acutally processed and put it in the first column of the dataset?
data Import_Import;
infile datalines;
length fil2read $40;
input fil2read $;
infile dummy filevar=fil2read end=done DSD
DLM=';';
do while(not done);
INPUT
A : $CHAR11.
B : $CHAR11.
C : $CHAR11.
D : $CHAR100.
E : $CHAR96.
F : $CHAR1.
G : $CHAR6.
H : $CHAR2.
I : ?? COMMAX4.
J : $CHAR11.
K : $CHAR2.
L : ?? YYMMDD10.
M : $CHAR17.
N : $CHAR4.
O : $CHAR1.
P : $CHAR4.
Q : $CHAR1.
R : $CHAR1.
S : $CHAR4.
T : $CHAR1.
U : $CHAR1.
V : $CHAR1.
W : $CHAR1.
X : $CHAR4.
Y : $CHAR1.
Z : $CHAR1. ;
output;
end;
datalines;
'C:\Users\x\test\H20154.csv'
'C:\Users\x\test\H20154.csv'
'C:\Users\x\test\B20154.csv'
'C:\Users\x\test\H20154.csv'
'C:\Users\x\test\N20154.csv'
;
Use the FILENAME option in the infile statement. You should also make sure it's long enough to hold the path.
length filename $256.;
infile dummy filevar=fil2read filename=filename end=done DSD
DLM=';';
source=filename;
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You were almost there. Since the FILEVAR is a temporary variable you need to assign it to a datastep variable.
data Import_Import;
length ReadFile $ 40.;
infile datalines;
length fil2read $40;
input fil2read $;
infile dummy filevar=fil2read end=done DSD
DLM=';';
ReadFile = Fil2read;
do while ..
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