Date:         Wed, 26 Jul 2000 07:05:37 GMT
Reply-To:     Lars Rud <Lars_Rud@LAAN-SPAR.DK>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Lars Rud <Lars_Rud@LAAN-SPAR.DK>
Organization: Tele Danmark Internet Cyberspace Launchpad
Subject:      Flat file data containing carriage returns

Hi,

We read most of our data into SAS from fixed length flat files.
Now a new datatype has baffled us:
A text-field 250 characters in length turns out to contain carriage
returns.
As a result, the datafile is not read correctly: Every carriage return is
perceived by SAS as the start of a new observation.
If you look at the flat file this is understandable - a carriage return
does not appear as a special character, but as the _effect_ of a carriage
return.

How do we get SAS to handle the problem?

Regards,
Lars Rud