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Date:   Tue, 10 Jul 2001 10:56:28 -0400
Reply-To:   Charles Patridge <Charles_S_Patridge@PRODIGY.NET>
Sender:   "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:   Charles Patridge <Charles_S_Patridge@PRODIGY.NET>
Subject:   Re: reading a datafile with comment in the beginning
Comments:   To: miguel-van-den.heuvel@UNILEVER.COM

Dear Miquel,

Try this tested code using SAS v6.12 on OpenVMS

data products; infile cards missover; INPUT test $5. @; if 0 ne indexc( test , '*') then delete; else input @1 product $ combin ; drop test; cards; * * This is comment and is very usefull if you want to understand the contents of * this datafile but quite annoying if you want to read this file into SAS * 1567 2 1568 9 1687 45 ;;;; run;

HTH, Charles Patridge Email: Charles_S_Patridge@prodigy.net


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