Date:         Mon, 25 Jul 2005 13:15:48 -0700
Reply-To:     Jeff Voeller <Jeff.Voeller@MCI.COM>
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From:         Jeff Voeller <Jeff.Voeller@MCI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Linking to a CSV file with LIBNAME
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This sounds like a good use for a DATA step view.

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From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
Louis-René Rheault
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 12:58 PM
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Subject: Linking to a CSV file with LIBNAME


Hi,

With SAS 9, I was pleased to see how easy it was to link to an Excel
file
with the LIBNAME statement. I'd like to know if it's possible to read
from a
text file (comma or tab separated) in a similar way. I have some text
files
that I use to "feed" some pivot-tables in Excel and I'd really like to
read
from SAS.

I don't want to write in the text files, just read as if it were a SAS
dataset.

Thanks!
Louis