1 new york 7,262,700
2 los angeles 3,259,340
3 philadelphia 1,642,900
how to read the above data using input statement
consider the above data is in txt format externally
u have to use infile and input statement.
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Answer / subbu
data s;
input no 1-2 area $ 3-15 am $ 16-30 ;
amount=input(am,comma15.);
format amount comma15.;
drop am;
cards;
1 new york 7,262,700
2 los angeles 3,259,340
3 philadelphia 1,642,900
;
proc print;
run;
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Answer / pravin
data cityrank;
input rank @3 city $ 13. amount : comma15.;
datalines;
1 new york 7,262,700
2 los angeles 3,259,340
3 philadelphia 1,642,900
;
run;
proc print data=cityrank;
run;
this is the ans only for this example new york has more than
single blank so problem arise hire.if not & modifier can be
used.
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Answer / chandrakanth
To Solasa and others ....whenever you read data from an input file...you need to be careful about the last data value in every dataline you have values like x,xxx,xxx which is total width of 9, when you mention more than 9 the input pointer will go the next data line to get the remaining spaces. So in your code you used comma10. try with using comma9. I am very sure it will work.
Another option is if you want to keep that comma10. use TRUNCOVER in the infile statement, this should fix all the extra spaces you mention in the input statement.
let me know if this does not help you
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Answer / poornima
data poo;
infile 'D:\poo.txt ';
input rank country $ 12. salary ;
INFORMAT SALARY COMMA10.;
FORMAT SALARY COMMA10.;
run;
proc print;
run;
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Answer / guest
data temp;
infile datalines ;
input sno city & $12.
pop : comma.;
datalines;
1 new york 7,262,700
2 los angeles 3,259,340
3 philadelphia 1,642,900
;
The ampersand (&) modifier is used to read character values
that contain embedded blanks.
The colon (:) modifier is used to read nonstandard data
values and character values that are longer than eight
characters, but which contain no embedded blanks.
Is This Answer Correct ? | 0 Yes | 3 No |
Answer / guest
data temp;
infile datalines ;
input sno city & $12.
pop : comma.;
datalines;
1 new york 7,262,700
2 los angeles 3,259,340
3 philadelphia 1,642,900
;
The ampersand (&) modifier is used to read character values
that contain embedded blanks.
The colon (:) modifier is used to read nonstandard data
values and character values that are longer than eight
characters, but which contain no embedded blanks.
Is This Answer Correct ? | 1 Yes | 4 No |
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