Date:         Sun, 29 Jan 2006 05:56:04 -0800
Reply-To:     Eric Hoogenboom <erichoogenboom@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Eric Hoogenboom <erichoogenboom@YAHOO.COM>
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Subject:      Re: Drop odd rows after reading from a Text file
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Hari,

If you are very sure about the format of the data, the simplest way
(IMHO) would be:

/* untested (Hey, it is Sunday over here) */

data hbreg;
   input;
   input v1-v5;
   datalines;
1
13 87.65 98.76 90.23 87.00
2
83 15.23 90.56 87.12 25.87
run;


If you prefer a complex way, see the input statement documentation and
use +, /, @@ etcetera to make it look interesting.

Hth,
Eric