data my;
input details $ 1-100;
cards;
I am John.
I studied from MM University
I have done MBA
;
run;
I need the ouput as below. but it is not reading the data properly.
details
------------
I am John.
I studied from MM University
I have done MBA
data my; infile cards truncover; input details $ 1-100; cards; I am John. I studied from MM University I have done MBA ; run;
Pay attention to what SAS tells you in the SAS log.
NOTE: SAS went to a new line when INPUT statement reached past the end of a line. NOTE: The data set WORK.MY has 1 observations and 1 variables.
Since in-line data is padded to the next multiple of 80 bytes trying to read 100 bytes from a line that only has 80 bytes is what is causing SAS to move to a new line to try and find enough data.
You can prevent that by adding an INFILE statement so you can add the TRUNCOVER option.
data my;
infile cards truncover;
input details $ 1-100;
cards;
I am John.
I studied from MM University
I have done MBA
;
Result
Obs details 1 I am John. 2 I studied from MM University 3 I have done MBA
Note that this is a good example of why you almost never want to use the ancient MISSOVER option.
Try it with MISSOVER instead of TRUNCOVER.
data my;
infile cards missover;
input details $ 1-100;
cards;
I am John.
I studied from MM University
I have done MBA
;
proc print;
run;
Obs details 1 2 3
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