How to read delimited data with datalines ?

[chris93]

Hi all,

I am trying to read the following lines with observations seperated by commas and missing values.

Is it possible to use the dlm option and dsd in the input statement ?


data test1;
input n1 n2 n3 dlm =',' option ='dsd';
datalines;
23,34,345
23,4,45
2,3,5
3,4,545
345,,345
;
run;

proc print data = test1;
run;

 

[kdt82]

Hi Chris,

Try placing the dsd option on the infile line. The dsd option will treat two consecutive delimiters as a missing value. I would also add the missover option in case you have missing values at the end of the line.

data test1;
infile datalines dsd missover  ;
input n1 n2 n3 ;
datalines;
23,34,345
23,4,45
2,3,5
3,4,545
345,,345
;
run;

 

[chris93]

thanks alot !