Answer / subbu

data s;
input no 1-2 area $ 3-15 am $ 16-30 ;
amount=input(am,comma15.);
format amount comma15.;
drop am;
cards;
1 new york 7,262,700
2 los angeles 3,259,340
3 philadelphia 1,642,900
;
proc print;
run;

Answer / amy

Add a colon modifier before the informat (commaw.) and increase the informat width, like the following.

data cityrank;
infile 'D:\miths data\Mithelesh\cityrank.txt' ;
input rank city $12. amount : comma15.;
run;
proc print data=cityrank;
run;

Answer / pravin

data cityrank;

input rank @3 city $ 13. amount : comma15.;
datalines;
1 new york 7,262,700
2 los angeles 3,259,340
3 philadelphia 1,642,900

;
run;
proc print data=cityrank;
run;

this is the ans only for this example new york has more than
single blank so problem arise hire.if not & modifier can be
used.

Answer / ravikumar

Answer:

data cityrank;
input rank 1-2 @3 city $13. @16 amoutnt comma15.;
datalines;
1 new york 7,262,700
2 los angeles 3,259,340
3 philadelphia 1,642,900
;
run;

Answer / chandrakanth

To Solasa and others ....whenever you read data from an input file...you need to be careful about the last data value in every dataline you have values like x,xxx,xxx which is total width of 9, when you mention more than 9 the input pointer will go the next data line to get the remaining spaces. So in your code you used comma10. try with using comma9. I am very sure it will work.

Another option is if you want to keep that comma10. use TRUNCOVER in the infile statement, this should fix all the extra spaces you mention in the input statement.

let me know if this does not help you

Answer / poornima

data poo;
infile 'D:\poo.txt ';
input rank country $ 12. salary ;
INFORMAT SALARY COMMA10.;
FORMAT SALARY COMMA10.;
run;

proc print;
run;

Answer / guest

data temp;
infile datalines ;
input sno city & $12.
pop : comma.;
datalines;
1 new york 7,262,700
2 los angeles 3,259,340
3 philadelphia 1,642,900
;

The ampersand (&) modifier is used to read character values
that contain embedded blanks.
The colon (:) modifier is used to read nonstandard data
values and character values that are longer than eight
characters, but which contain no embedded blanks.

Answer / guest

data temp;
infile datalines ;
input sno city & $12.
pop : comma.;
datalines;
1 new york 7,262,700
2 los angeles 3,259,340
3 philadelphia 1,642,900
;

The ampersand (&) modifier is used to read character values
that contain embedded blanks.
The colon (:) modifier is used to read nonstandard data
values and character values that are longer than eight
characters, but which contain no embedded blanks.

Answer / solasa

data cityrank;
infile 'D:\miths data\Mithelesh\cityrank.txt' ;
input rank city & $12. amoutnt comma10.;
run;
proc print data=cityrank;
run;

problem with amount varible
tell what to do?

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