Date:         Mon, 11 May 2009 13:06:27 -0400
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From:         Nat Wooding <Nathaniel.Wooding@DOM.COM>
Subject:      Re: how to read trailer lines into SAS
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Here is still another way to do this:


data have    ( drop = tot_sum )
     trailer ( keep = tot_sum );
      infile 'c:\park\trailer.txt' dlm='09'X  missover end=last;


    input  ID $ quatity cost; ;
      if not last then do;
            output have;
      end;

      else do;
            tot_sum = input( id , 8. );* this is necessary since ID is a
character variable and I assume that
                                       * tot_sum should be numeric;
            output trailer;
      end;
run;

Nat Wooding
Environmental Specialist III
Dominion, Environmental Biology
4111 Castlewood Rd
Richmond, VA 23234
Phone:804-271-5313, Fax: 804-271-2977

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