I want to create a data set as shown below:
I used the following (column input) code:
data GYM_UPDATE; infile datalines pad; input @1 ID @3 Gender $ Age 5-6 Vault 8-10 Floor 12-14 P_BAR 16-18; datalines;
3 6.7
5 15 8.1 7.2
7 F
;
run;
The output is strange:
I am able to create the correct data set by using the listing input with comma as the delimiter. However, I still want to figure out what goes wrong in the above column input code. Thanks in advance.
You miss gender length - how many characters to input.
Try next code:
data GYM_UPDATE;
infile datalines pad;
input @1 ID @3 Gender $1.
Age 5-6 Vault 8-10 Floor 12-14 P_BAR 16-18;
datalines;
3 6.7
5 15 8.1 7.2
7 F
;
run;
You miss gender length - how many characters to input.
Try next code:
data GYM_UPDATE;
infile datalines pad;
input @1 ID @3 Gender $1.
Age 5-6 Vault 8-10 Floor 12-14 P_BAR 16-18;
datalines;
3 6.7
5 15 8.1 7.2
7 F
;
run;
It works, thank you so much!
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