Date:         Tue, 31 Jul 2001 08:37:41 -0400
Reply-To:     "Diskin, Dennis" <Dennis.Diskin@PHARMA.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Diskin, Dennis" <Dennis.Diskin@PHARMA.COM>
Subject:      Re: Infile , column/line pointer control problem .
Comments: To: Husain <hmuhamma@ATRAXIS.COM>
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Husain,

Basically the trailing double at sign @@ will solve the problem.
A complication comes in at the last record.

Tested code:

data test;
input @1 str80 $80. / @1 next $2. @@;
infile cards eof=eof;
output;
return;
eof:
output;
stop;
cards;
aa111
bb222
cc333
;

proc print;run;


hth,
Dennis Diskin


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Husain [SMTP: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 :
>
>
> Desired Output dataset :
> String80        Next_Type
> aa111           bb
> bb222           cc
> cc333