Date:         Thu, 28 Aug 2003 16:51:02 -0400
Reply-To:     "L. Bertolini" <bertolini.1@OSU.EDU>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "L. Bertolini" <bertolini.1@OSU.EDU>
Organization: Ohio State University
Subject:      Re: Trimming the First 37 bytes of a Flat File!
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 From the SAS manual, the following option of the INFILE statement:


START=variable
    names a variable whose value SAS uses as the first column number of
    the record that the PUT _INFILE_ statement writes. Like automatic
variables, the START variable is not written to the data set.