Error in input lengths: Help please!

[ak2011]

Hi,
I would greatly appreciate if someone help me resolve this problem. I had an invalid data reading message in SAS. I tried several reading options but I still had errors.
The code and log are found below. May I know the correct statement to use?
Thanks in advance.

data idnew2;
infile cards;
length id $3 ikey 8 acode presence 8;
input id$ 1-8 ikey acode presence;
input id$ ikey acode presence;
datalines;
os1	1	990005	1
os1	1	9900021	0
os1	1	211700	0
os1	2	211700	0
os1	2	9900021	0
os1	2	210701	0
os1	2	990005	1
os2	1	210701	0
os2	1	990005	1
os2	2	9900021	0
os2	3	210701	0
os2	3	990005	1
os3	1	211700	0
os3	3	210701	0
os4	1	210701	0
os4	1	990005	1
os4	1	211700	0
;
run;

1 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;

72

73 data idnew2;

74 input id$ ikey acode presence;

75 datalines;

NOTE: Invalid data for ikey in line 77 1-15.

NOTE: Invalid data for acode in line 78 1-14.

NOTE: Invalid data for presence in line 79 1-14.

RULE: ----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8----+----9----+----0

79 CHAR os1.2.211700.0

ZONE 67303033333303222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222

NUMR F3192921170090000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

NOTE: Invalid data errors for file CARDS occurred outside the printed range.

NOTE: Increase available buffer lines with the INFILE n= option.

id=os1199 ikey=. acode=. presence=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=1

NOTE: Invalid data for ikey in line 81 1-14.

NOTE: Invalid data for acode in line 82 1-14.

NOTE: Invalid data for presence in line 83 1-14.

83 CHAR os2.1.210701.0

ZONE 67303033333303222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222

NUMR F3291921070190000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

NOTE: Invalid data errors for file CARDS occurred outside the printed range.

NOTE: Increase available buffer lines with the INFILE n= option.

id=os1299 ikey=. acode=. presence=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=2

NOTE: Invalid data for ikey in line 85 1-15.

NOTE: Invalid data for acode in line 86 1-14.

NOTE: Invalid data for presence in line 87 1-14.

87 CHAR os2.3.990005.1

ZONE 67303033333303222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222

NUMR F3293999000591000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

NOTE: Invalid data errors for file CARDS occurred outside the printed range.

NOTE: Increase available buffer lines with the INFILE n= option.

id=os2199 ikey=. acode=. presence=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=3

NOTE: Invalid data for ikey in line 89 1-14.

NOTE: Invalid data for acode in line 90 1-14.

NOTE: Invalid data for presence in line 91 1-14.

91 CHAR os4.1.990005.1

ZONE 67303033333303222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222

NUMR F3491999000591000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

NOTE: Invalid data errors for file CARDS occurred outside the printed range.

NOTE: Increase available buffer lines with the INFILE n= option.

id=os3121 ikey=. acode=. presence=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=4

NOTE: LOST CARD.

93 ;

id=os4121 ikey=. acode=. presence=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=5

NOTE: SAS went to a new line when INPUT statement reached past the end of a line.

NOTE: The data set WORK.IDNEW2 has 4 observations and 4 variables.

NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):

real time 0.01 seconds

cpu time 0.01 seconds

93 ;

94 run;

95

96

97 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;

109

[Kurt_Bremser · Accepted solution]

You have tabs in your datalines, so use those as delimiter. And remove the surplus input statement.

data idnew2;
infile cards dlm='09'x dsd;
length id $3 ikey 8 acode presence 8;
input id$ ikey acode presence;
datalines;
os1	1	990005	1
os1	1	9900021	0
os1	1	211700	0
os1	2	211700	0
os1	2	9900021	0
os1	2	210701	0
os1	2	990005	1
os2	1	210701	0
os2	1	990005	1
os2	2	9900021	0
os2	3	210701	0
os2	3	990005	1
os3	1	211700	0
os3	3	210701	0
os4	1	210701	0
os4	1	990005	1
os4	1	211700	0
;

[ak2011]

It works now. Thanks!

[PeterClemmensen]

Either use

dlm='09'x

in your infile statement as you have tabs in your data and get rid of the extra input statement. or simply do this (with spaces)

data idnew2;
infile datalines;
input id $ ikey acode presence;
datalines;
os1 1 990005  1
os1 1 9900021 0
os1 1 211700  0
os1 2 211700  0
os1 2 9900021 0
os1 2 210701  0
os1 2 990005  1
os2 1 210701  0
os2 1 990005  1
os2 2 9900021 0
os2 3 210701  0
os2 3 990005  1
os3 1 211700  0
os3 3 210701  0
os4 1 210701  0
os4 1 990005  1
os4 1 211700  0
;

[ak2011]

That works! Thanks very much!