Dirk:

In the first line of your INPUT statement, you have @113cgdp

It looks like there is no space between 3 and c above.

J S Huang 1-515-557-3987 fax 1-515-557-2422

>>> Dirk Nachbar <Dirk.Nachbar@DWP.GSI.GOV.UK> 1/12/2006 10:08:54 AM >>> dear all

i have a fairly large table with many variables (Penn World tables for those of you who know it). I want to read in the data but it always gives me uncomprehensible error messages from the start. see example/extract below and try to paste it into SAS. I cannot see the error.

Dirk

DATA penn.pwttest; INPUT @1 country $ @28 isocode $ @45 yr @62 POP @79 XRAT @96 PPP @113cgdp @130 cc @147 ci @164 cg @181 p @198 pc @215 pg @232 pi @249 openc @266 cgnp @283 csave @300 y @317 rgdpl @334 rgdpch @351 rgdpeqa @368 rgdpwok @385 rgdptt @402 openk @419 kc @436 kg @453 ki @470 grgdpch ; ; CARDS; Angola AGO 1950 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angola AGO 1951 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; run;

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