sas

[vinod4842]

data ds;
infile datalines;
input id$ name$ sal$;

datalines;
1 abc $25000
2 ced $32410
3 peu $41521
;
run;

i want for this program sum of salarty how can i get i used so many ways but its getting error .

plz rectify my problem 

[Astounding · Accepted solution]

To begin, you will need to create salary as a numeric variable if you want to get its sum.  Right now your program is creating it as a character variable.  Here's a way to get started:

data ds;

infile datalines truncover;

input id $ name $ salary dollar8. ;

Then you can try to get sums.