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himself
Pyrite | Level 9

Hi all, somebody help, I happen to have a dataset, where by i want to read the second column and the third column, The dataset is in csv format, so  the first column does n't have a name, how can i capture this under the input statement?

 

*reading in the data;
data passenger;
  infile "path " dsd firstobs=2;
  input  time airpassengers;
run;

This is the code am using.

 

 this is how the dataset looks like in csv format 

himself_0-1596698226125.png

The output is like this 

himself_1-1596698274909.png

So the output has not captured the second column, kindly help 
Thanks!!!

 

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andreas_lds
Jade | Level 19

In the input-statement just add a variable for the unnamed column and add a drop-statement to prevent the variable from being written to the dataset.

input ignore_me time airpassengers;
drop ignore_me;

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andreas_lds
Jade | Level 19

In the input-statement just add a variable for the unnamed column and add a drop-statement to prevent the variable from being written to the dataset.

input ignore_me time airpassengers;
drop ignore_me;
himself
Pyrite | Level 9
Hi thanks Alot, it has worked out

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