Date:         Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:57:54 -0500
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From:         "data _null_," <datanull@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Reading character variables
Comments: To: Val Krem <valkrem@yahoo.com>
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PROC IMPORT may be good enough.  For your external just make a
filename statement that points to it.  I use PARMCARDS as the datafile
so the program would be self contained.

filename ft15f001 temp;
proc import replace datafile=ft15f001 out=work.test dbms=csv;
   getnames = NO;
   parmcards4;
W123,  xc23451,  dfh254612879
W212365871,  dx231,  agf25
xcv23, dfgh58945xcvb,  ascdf254612879
;;;;
   run;

On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 7:45 AM, Val Krem <valkrem@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have   comma separated data file  consisted of   several variables of  different character length  in each record.  A sample of the data set looks like the following..
>
>  W123,  xc23451,  dfh254612879
>  W212365871,  dx231,  agf25
>  xcv23, dfgh58945xcvb,  ascdf254612879
>
>  Can anybody help me how to read this file?
>
>  Thanks in advance
> Val
>
>
>
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