hi, I have data like this from a file 1 abcdefgh bil nigeria $999.5B $99.1B $789.1B $123.4B $235.2B $9089.1B. I am using data step to read this data , below is my code data dsbig ; infile 'c:\big.dat' ; input rank :3. cmpname :&$26. country :&$15. sales :dollar5.1 +1 profit :dollar5.1 +1 asst :dollar5.1 +1 mktval :dollar5.1 +1 fldval1 :dollar5.1 +1 fldval2 :dollar5.1 +1 ; run; I am not able to read the numeric data with dollar signs at all whereas the character data is being read properly . I have tried options like dollar. , comma5.1 , comma., but nothing seems to work. The question is how to specify informat for numeric data that have $ signs attached to it ? regards jana
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