Date:         Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:24:11 -0500
Reply-To:     Jack Clark <JClark@CHPDM.UMBC.EDU>
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From:         Jack Clark <JClark@CHPDM.UMBC.EDU>
Subject:      Limit Bytes Being Read from Text File on Infile Statement?
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Hello everyone,

 

Am I imagining things or isn't there some option/parameter on the INFILE
or INPUT statement that limits how many bytes of an external file is
read?

 

For example, if I have a text file that is 8,000 bytes long, and the
only variables I want to read in are in the first 500 bytes, isn't there
a way to tell SAS to only read the first 500 bytes?

 

It's been a while, but I thought I remembered something like that?  Or
maybe you just set the LRECL= the lower value with the
MISS/FLOW/TRUNCOVER option??

 

Thanks for any suggestions.

 

Jack Clark

Research Analyst

Center for Health Program Development and Management

University of Maryland, Baltimore County