Date:         Sat, 4 Feb 2006 15:55:01 -0500
Reply-To:     Hari Prasadh <excel_hari@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Hari Prasadh <excel_hari@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Reading messy space delimited files
Comments: To: J S Huang <Jiann-Shiun.Huang@AMERUS.COM>

Jiann,

Thanks for your help. I would remove the delimiter and dsd option and try
again once Im in front of SAS. I had used the code for CSV data read and
modified it to read a space delimted file.

>Take out those two and your data step should work as expected no matter
how >many spaces are between values.

Im surprised by this. What happens if there were legitimate missing values
in such a messy space delimted file. Wouldnt the data get "shifted"?

Regards,
Hari
India