Hi Deanna, Your first try is almost correct too! If you change '2.' to ':2.' for your place variable your code should run correctly. In general, the colon format modifier is nice to use when importing data, whether the variable is character or numeric. DATA WORK.RESULTS; INFILE DATALINES; INPUT ELEMSCHOOL :$10. SEXCD :$1. STUDENT :$8. PLACE 2.; DATALINES; Washington F Liz 2 Lincoln F Maria 3 Washington M Michael 10 Washington M Charles 8 Lincoln M Michael 1 Lincoln M George 6 Lincoln F Susan 5 Lincoln M Richard 7 Lincoln F Margaret 9 Washington M Donald 4 ;
... View more