Hello Nat, I did not quite what the poster mean "i want to read the numbers present on the file with *green color*," and how does you call does it, what I infer from your solutions you are using file reference and picking up any file ending with extension *.dat * right

thanks

On 10/3/06, Nat Wooding <Nathaniel_Wooding@dom.com> wrote: > > The solution is to use an asterisk as a wildcard indicator in the filename > statement as below. For the test, I created two single line files named > file1.dat and file2.dat. > > Nat Wooding > > filename indd 'c:\*.dat'; > data a; > infile indd; > input @1 string $15.; > run; > proc print; > run; > > > > Kuladeep > Mittapalli > <kuladeep.m@GMAIL To > .COM> SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > Sent by: "SAS(r) cc > Discussion" > <SAS-L@LISTSERV.U Subject > GA.EDU> Reading All the .DAT files > > > 10/03/2006 01:27 > PM > > > Please respond to > Kuladeep > Mittapalli > <kuladeep.m@GMAIL > .COM> > > > > > > > Hi, > > I have some files (Below files),i want to read the numbers present on the > file with green color,some one help me please?how to read those numbers? > IBEN_SAVINGS_20061002102032.1.DAT > IBEN_SAVINGS_20061002102032.2.DAT > IBEN_SAVINGS_20061002102032.10.DAT > > etc.. > > Thank you so much for your co-operation always. > > Thanks > > > > ----------------------------------------- > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This electronic message contains > information which may be legally confidential and/or privileged and > does not in any case represent a firm ENERGY COMMODITY bid or offer > relating thereto which binds the sender without an additional > express written confirmation to that effect. The information is > intended solely for the individual or entity named above and access > by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended > recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the > contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If > you have received this electronic transmission in error, please > reply immediately to the sender that you have received the message > in error, and delete it. Thank you. >