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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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.
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