Creating a SAS Data Set from a Raw Data File
To read the raw data
file, SAS must receive the following information in the DATA step:
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the location or name of the external text file
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a name for the new SAS data set
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a reference that identifies the external file
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a description of the data values to be read
After using the DATA
step to read the raw data, you can use a PROC PRINT step to produce
a report that displays the data values that are in the new data set.
The table below
outlines the basic statements that are used in a program that reads
raw data in fixed fields.
|
Task
|
SAS Statement
|
|---|---|
|
Reference a SAS library
|
LIBNAME statement
|
|
Reference an external
file
|
FILENAME statement
|
|
Name a SAS data set
|
DATA statement
|
|
Identify an external
file
|
INFILE statement
|
|
Describe data
|
INPUT statement
|
|
Execute the DATA step
|
RUN statement
|
|
Display the data set
|
PROC PRINT statement
|
|
Execute the final program
step
|
RUN statement
|
Last updated: January 10, 2018
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