If reading an external file to produce an external file,
what is the shortcut to write that record without coding
every single variable on the record?

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If reading an external file to produce an external file, what is the shortcut to write that record ..

Answer / sumit

data _null_;
infile 'path';
input;
file 'destination path';
put _infile_;
run;

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If reading an external file to produce an external file, what is the shortcut to write that record ..

Answer / jim

filename indata 'c:\test_input.txt';
data _null_;
infile indata;
file 'c:\test_output.txt';
input;
put _infile_;
run;

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If reading an external file to produce an external file, what is the shortcut to write that record ..

Answer / aditya panwar

importing
to used input and infile.

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If reading an external file to produce an external file, what is the shortcut to write that record ..

Answer / sunymuny

A PUT Statement using a Variable _all_ can be used to
achieve this task. where we wont have to mention all the
variable names for output using put statement.

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If reading an external file to produce an external file, what is the shortcut to write that record ..

Answer / prakhar sadafal

Use the _infile_ option in the put statement

view sourceprint?
filename some 'c:cool.dat';
filename cool1 'c:cool1.dat';
data _null_;
infile some;
input some;
file cool1;
put _infile_;
run;

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If reading an external file to produce an external file, what is the shortcut to write that record ..

Answer / selvi

_all_ - Write all var present in Dataset including computed
variables also.
_input_- write only those variables read from input file

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If reading an external file to produce an external file, what is the shortcut to write that record ..

Answer / nandu

data test ;
infile "Path";
input var1 var2 var3 ;
file print 'path';
put @1 var1 @10 var2 ;
run;

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