Date:         Tue, 31 Jul 2001 08:29:48 -0400
Reply-To:     "Droogendyk, Harry" <Harry.Droogendyk@CIBC.COM>
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From:         "Droogendyk, Harry" <Harry.Droogendyk@CIBC.COM>
Subject:      Re: Infile , column/line pointer control problem .
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Husain:

The double trailing @ will hold the input pointer for you across data step
iterations:

data test;
  length string80 $80
         next_type $2
  ;
  infile cards eof=eof;

  input @1 string80 ;
  input @1 next_type @@;

  eof:
cards;
aa111
bb222
cc333
run;

options nocenter;
proc print;run;

The SAS System
                   next_
Obs    string80    type

 1      aa111       bb
 2      bb222       cc
 3      cc333

                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Husain [mailto:hmuhamma@ATRAXIS.COM]
                Sent:   Tuesday, July 31, 2001 8:09 AM
                To:     SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
                Subject:        Infile , column/line pointer control problem
.

                I am trying to read in 2 vars , first variable is in line 1
named
                String80 and the second variable is
Next_type=substr(String80 ,1,2) of
                line 2 .
                The problem is after the first observation is outputted the
line
                pointer is in line 3 but I still have to input data from
line 2 for
                String80.

                Question , how can I get the desired output with only ONE
pass of the
                data ?

                Sample Input data set :
                aa111
                bb222
                cc333

                Desired Output dataset :
                String80        Next_Type
                aa111           bb
                bb222           cc
                cc333