SAS column input -
i found weird output when implementing following codes.
data ex; input $ 1-80 b $; datalines; 1 2 3 4 5 6 the data set ex is:
a b 1 2 3 then
data ex2; input $ 1-81 b $; datalines; 1 2 3 4 5 6 the data set ex2 is:
a b 3 4 5 finally, create txt file contains:
1 2 3 4 5 6 and run
data ex3; infile '/.../test.txt'; input $ 1-10 b $ ; the data set ex3 is:
a b 3 4 5 can explain how buffer , pdv work weird results? lot.
all results based on sas studio (university edition).
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obs b 1 1 2 3 with log
27 data ex; 28 input $ 1-10 b $; 29 datalines; note: lost card. rule: ----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8----+----9----+----0 33 ;;;; a=5 6 b= _error_=1 _n_=2 note: sas went new line when input statement reached past end of line. note: data set work.ex has 1 observations , 2 variables. are telling whole story?
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