Date:         Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:22:48 -0500
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From:         "Data _null_;" <iebupdte@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: concatenating subsequent data lines
Comments: To: Anaconda <rune@fastlane.no>
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data test2;
   goto do;
 set:
   set test;
   return;
 do:
   link set;
   if line eq 'DATE:' then do;
      temp = line;
      link set;
      substr(temp,15)=left(line);
      line = temp;
      end;
   output;
   drop temp;
   run;
proc print;
   run;

On 8/17/09, Anaconda <rune@fastlane.no> wrote:
> On Aug 17, 5:39 pm, akshaya.nathil...@GMAIL.COM (Akshaya) wrote:
> > Does this help?
> > Data have;
> >   length line $15;
> >   input @ 'DATE:' line $;
> >   newline=cat('DATE: ',line);
> > cards;
> > DATE:         15.06.1998
> > DATE:
> >                  17.06.1998
> > DATE:
> >                  25.06.1998
> > DATE:         19.10.1998
> > ;
> >
> > AkshayA!
> >
> Not really. Remember, TAKE FOR GRANTED that the data set TEST exists,
> and use it by a SET statement in another dataset. The challenge here,
> is to read one line, evaluate it and eventually do a prosessing which
> involves the NEXT line.
>