2017年2月14日 · Using Line-Hold Specifiers Line-hold specifiers keep the pointer on the current input record when a data record is read by more than one INPUT statement (trailing @) Use a single trailing @ to allow the next INPUT statement to read from the same record. Normally, each INPUT statement in a DATA step reads a new data record into the input buffer.

2013年4月4日 · The reason why this works, and what you did doesn't, is because of a common misunderstanding in SAS. DATE9. is an INFORMAT. In an INPUT statement, it provides the SAS interpreter with a set of translation commands it can send to the compiler to turn your text into the right numbers, which will then look like a date once the right FORMAT is applied.

2016年12月14日 · Is there a way to override the default behavior of character length being set by the first value encountered and instead set all character data for a session to have the same fixed length? Much of...

2015年7月29日 · In list input, normally you are not allowed to supply an informat in the input statement; it is expected to be in an informat statement. data recessions; informat startdate enddate date7.; format startdate enddate date7.; input startdate enddate; datalines; 01MAR01 01NOV01 01DEC07 01JUN09 ; run; However, a colon turns it into modified list input, which allows for the specification of an ...

2011年10月24日 · Is there a way to test if a variable will fail the INPUT conversion process in SAS ? Or alternatively, if the resulting "NOTE: Invalid argument" message can be avoided? data _null_; format test2

2019年1月17日 · The most reliable approach would be to: define the variables of the INPUT statement using a length or attrib statement. use INFILE options to specify how the data lines are parsed by INPUT take the $ out of the INPUT statement Example (leave data lines as-is): length id_produt id_departament id_order id_business id_portfolio 8 initials $4 long_name $40 short_name $30 ; infile cards dsd dlm ...

2015年10月9日 · Yes I use proc import to read in the file that defines the variable names, length, type, and label. From my extensive google, seems like the best way is to write a macro --> that read in the header information --> output the data infile input statement into a macro variable --> call that macro variable at the end of the macro. Haven't gotten it to work yet ...

2016年11月4日 · If you want the field to store the value 20141231 for 31DEC2014, you can do this: proc sql; create table want as select input(put(date,yymmddn8.),8.) as date_num from have; quit; input(..) turns something into a number, put(..) turns something into a string. In this case, we first put it with your desired format (yymmddn8. is YYYYMMDD with no separator), and then input it with 8., which is the ...

2019年2月2日 · I need to figure out the correct input statement to read in the data from datalines. Tried pointers and positional values data oscar; input @1 oscardate $ @9 oscaryear @14 budget dollar11. gr...

2018年4月1日 · How does one input all variables/columns within a data step using INPUT but without naming every variable? This can be done by naming each variable, for example: DATA dataset; INFILE '/folders/