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Satori
Quartz | Level 8

my code:

data bvd.ac
infile '/data/bvd/ac/financials_and_ratios.txt' dlm='09'x missover dsd lrecl=32767 firstobs=2 truncover;
input
ID $12.
Code $2.
Filing_type $21.
Closing_date :yymmdd10.
Number_of_months $2.
Audit_status $1.

.

.

.

run;

 

my error:

data bvd.ac
infile '/data/bvd/AcademicsSample/Industry-Global_financials_and_ratios.txt' dlm='09'x missover dsd lrecl=32767 firstobs=2 truncover;
_ _
22 22
200 200
ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name, a quoted string, (, /, ;, _DATA_, _LAST_, _NULL_.

ERROR 200-322: The symbol is not recognized and will be ignored.

 

what am I doing wrong?

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