Date:         Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:22:59 -0400
Reply-To:     Bbser 2009 <bbser2009@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Bbser 2009 <bbser2009@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      A simple code, forgetting the dot in an informat

Hi,

I submitted a simple code where I accidently forgot the dot in an
informat, then SAS ran like for ever without giving error information. I
am just curious about what SAS was doing after submitting this code. Here
is the code:

data a;
    infile b;
    input x $ y : $9 @@; * note I forget the dot with $9;
run;
proc print;
run;

The raw data file b only has a few records and each record consists of
three observations (that's why I use @@).

Anyway, can anyone have any comments about this? Thanks a lot.

Max