Date:         Mon, 7 Feb 2000 16:39:44 +0100
Reply-To:     Jim Groeneveld <J.Groeneveld@ITGROUPS.COM>
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From:         Jim Groeneveld <J.Groeneveld@ITGROUPS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Reading a  wide file.
Comments: To: "Tirthankar C.P" <tir@IGIDR.AC.IN>
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Tir,

Just use the LRECL option on the INFILE statement and read the data as
usual, i.e. column and/or formatted input.

Regards - Jim.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tirthankar C.P [SMTP:tir@IGIDR.AC.IN]
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2000 11:46 PM
> To:   SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject:      Reading a  wide file.
>
> I have a  'wide' file with about 450 characters per line. There are no
> spaces are the elements are just numbers. Actually, the file contains many
> vars which have no spaces in between (to conserve space). How do I read
> such a file?
>
> tia
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> Tirthankar C.P
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