Hi,
I'm trying to read a CSV with long records using "infile" statement. I can read the long record using "lrecl=" option. However, this file also has numeric values enclosed within parenthesis, which is giving me an error. I'm using the informat "comma". Can you please advise me how I can fix this? Thank you in advance!
Code:
data input_data;
infile "&out_path./&fn." dlm="," dsd missover pad firstobs=2 obs=5 lrecl=5640;
input
CUSIP :$9.
Yield_1 - Yield_912 :comma10.3
dummy :$1;
drop dummy;
run;
Observation value causing error:
0.670 , (5.095), 3.168
(Note, as the record is very long, I've only listed the values 323, 324 and 325. 323 and 325 are ready correctly)
Log:
NOTE: Invalid data for Yield_324 in line 5 1890-1897.
Try
(Yield_1 - Yield_912) (:comma10.)
instead. Without the parentheses, the comma. format applies only to the last variable in the list.
PG
Try
(Yield_1 - Yield_912) (:comma10.)
instead. Without the parentheses, the comma. format applies only to the last variable in the list.
PG
PG,
Thank you for help! It worked.
Asim
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