Date:         Fri, 26 Nov 2010 15:53:40 -0500
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From:         bbser2009 <bbser2009@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: variable-length records
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A follow-up question:

Given a SAS data set, how can we make a raw data file of variable-length
records?

Thanks.
Max

-----Original Message-----
From: S øren Lassen [mailto:s.lassen@POST.TELE.DK]
Sent: November-22-10 4:21 AM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU; Bbser 2009
Subject: Re: variable-length records

You can use the length= options on the infile statement, e.g.
data _null_;
  infile temp length=l;
  input;
  put l=;
run;

The variable L will contain the record length - note that L is not
written to the output dataset.

Regards,
Søren


On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:37:37 -0500, bbser2009 <bbser2009@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>Hi there,
>
>I was told to use PAD option in INFILE statement when reading raw data file
>of variable-length records.
>But I was wondering, how could I know a given file actually consists of
>variable-length records?
>Thanks.
>
>Max