SAS o/p file, the third row is not getting displayed

shamsundar_mk · New User Joined: 18 May 2007 Posts: 23 Location: CHENNAI

I have coded a SAS pgm as follows:

DATA WORK;
INFILE IN;
FILE OUT1;
INPUT @1 INF $CHAR76.;
PUT @1 INF $CHAR76.;
RUN;

the i/p file has following data:

(col 1-80)
AAA this is test...............................................................
AAA this is not test............................................................
CCC
BBB this is test...............................................................
BBB this is not test............................................................

The third row in input file has data only from col 1-3.

the o/p given by the sas pgm is as follows which is incorrect:

AAA this is test...............................................................
AAA this is not test............................................................
BBB this is test...............................................................
BBB this is not test............................................................

In the o/p file, the third row is not getting displayed.
Could you please help me.

Phrzby Phil · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 5:40 pm Post subject:

Works for me - please post your SASlog as code.

expat · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 5:45 pm Post subject:

Works fine on my system ................... cut & pasted your code and got

gcicchet · Senior Member Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 457

Hi,

maybe he just can't C it (sorry it's just my warped sense of humour).

Gerry

expat · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 11:46 am Post subject:

Alan Voss · Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 10:38 pm Post subject:

If you are reading a variable blocked record, you will not, by default get the third line because the record is not 76 bytes long. Change your infile statement to:

expat · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 1:05 pm Post subject:

If only the OP had mentioned the possibility of a VB file

Good spot Alan