when I import a .csv file in SAS by following code,
53 data SASDATA.PubNew ;
54 %let _EFIERR_ = 0; /* set the ERROR detection macro variable */
55 infile 'R:/Li/P/Pub.csv' DLM = ',' DSD missover lrecl = 32767
55 ! firstobs = 3 ;
56 informat pat_publn_id :29.
57 publn_auth :$29.
58 publn_nr :29.
59 publn_nr_original :29.
60 publn_kind:$29.
61 appln_id :29.
62 publn_date :YYMMDD10.
63 publn_lg :$29.
64 publn_first_grant :29.
65 publn_claims :29.5 ;
66 format pat_publn_id :29.
67 publn_auth :$29.
68 publn_nr :29.
69 publn_nr_original :29.
70 publn_kind:$29.
71 appln_id :29.
72 publn_date :YYMMDDd10.
73 publn_lg :$29.
74 publn_first_grant :29.
75 publn_claims :29.5 ;
76 input
77 pat_publn_id
78 publn_auth $
79 publn_nr
80 publn_nr_original
81 publn_kind $
82 appln_id
83 publn_date
84 publn_lg $
85 publn_first_grant
86 publn_claims ;
87 if _ERROR_ then call symputx('_EFIERR_',1); /* set ERROR detection macro variable */
88 run ;
the result shows
NOTE: Invalid data for publn_date in line 3 24-33.
RULE: ----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8----+---
3 777,EP,1943895,,A1,776,2008-07-16,de,0,14 41
pat_publn_id=777 publn_auth=EP publn_nr=1943895 publn_nr_original=. publn_kind=A1 appln_id=776
publn_date=. publn_lg=de publn_first_grant=0 publn_claims=14 _ERROR_=1 _N_=1
NOTE: Invalid data for publn_date in line 4 24-33.
RULE: ----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8----+---
4 779,EP,1943896,,A1,778,2008-07-16,de,0,9 40
pat_publn_id=779 publn_auth=EP publn_nr=1943896 publn_nr_original=. publn_kind=A1 appln_id=778
publn_date=. publn_lg=de publn_first_grant=0 publn_claims=9 _ERROR_=1 _N_=2
NOTE: Invalid data for publn_date in line 5 24-33.
5 781,EP,1943898,,A1,780,2008-07-16,de,0,23 41
pat_publn_id=781 publn_auth=EP publn_nr=1943898 publn_nr_original=. publn_kind=A1 appln_id=780
publn_date=. publn_lg=de publn_first_grant=0 publn_claims=23 _ERROR_=1 _N_=3
NOTE: Invalid data for publn_date in line 6 24-33.
could you give me some suggestion please? thanks in advance.
is there really an informat called
:YYMMDDd10.
or should it be
:YYMMDD10.
And i think you do not need a colon format modifier : if you are using informat statement for a modified list input
plus
publn_auth :$29.
58 publn_nr :29.
59 publn_nr_original :29.
60 publn_kind:$29.
61 appln_id :29.
what are these numeric informats ? and why?
Thanks novinosrin, I will delete the colon, the Domain of 'publn_date' varibale is DATE and the Default value is 9999-12-31. could you please show me which informat and format should use for it ?
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