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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 13:52:18 EST
- Reply-To: Howard Schreier <HIS@NIHCU.BITNET>
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- From: Howard Schreier <HIS@NIHCU.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: Variable number of records
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- CONTENT: FM Reference
- SUMMARY: Usage *2* covers handling multiline observations
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- > Can someone give me a point or two on how to set up a SAS program to
- > read a raw data file which has observations that span a variable
- > number of records? I can see that the # line pointer symbol for the
- > input statement would help, but it seems to want a fixed number of
- > records per observation. I have been experimenting was a SAS program
- > to read this data file, but nothing I have tried seems to work
- > properly. By the way, the first record of each observation consists of
- > just information about the observation such as ID number and the
- > unique form number. I also put a record after each observation to
- > signal the end of the observation, but I can't seem to get things to
- > work. SAS keeps insisting that each record is a separate observation.
- > Any help you can provide will be appreciated.
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- See SAS Language and Procedures Usage *2* (V.6 1st edition), pp. 31-35.
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