Date:         Thu, 24 Aug 2006 00:40:11 +0800
Reply-To:     Scott Bass <sas_l_739.at.yahoo.dot.com.dot.au@PESTO.CC.UGA.EDU>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Scott Bass <sas_l_739.at.yahoo.dot.com.dot.au@PESTO.CC.UGA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Data read - Variable name in Single Quote
Comments: To: sas-l@uga.edu

See
http://support.sas.com/onlinedoc/913/getDoc/en/lrcon.hlp/a000998953.htm#a000998951,
particularly "SAS Name Literals".

I'd have to see the code that did the import - was it the external file
import program?  Log would look something like:

218
/**********************************************************************
219   *   PRODUCT:   SAS
220   *   VERSION:   9.1
221   *   CREATOR:   External File Interface
222   *   DATE:      24AUG06
223   *   DESC:      Generated SAS Datastep Code
224   *   TEMPLATE SOURCE:  (None Specified.)
225
***********************************************************************

Regardless, it looks like SAS faithfully named the variable the same as the
header row in your external file.

"Hari" <excel_hari@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1156349814.702213.36080@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>I was just able to physically open the raw text file and see that the
> variable name in it is (am enclosing the variable name in double
> quotes) "COUNT                                    "
>
> I undertstand that SAS doesnt allow spaces in variable names but In
> past I have seen suh instances of illegal characters to be replaced by
> underscore. In this case why is my variable name just "Count'.
>
> Regards,
> HP
> India
>