Restriction:The IMPORT procedure is available for the following operating environments:
•Microsoft Windows
•UNIX or Linux
Interaction:All data with the percent sign (%) is considered character data to avoid
misinterpretation. Percentage data is considered character data because of the
danger of misinterpretation.
PROC IMPORT
DATAFILE="filename" | TABLE="tablename"
OUT=<libref.>SAS data set <(SAS data set option(s))>
<DBMS=identifier> <REPLACE>;
statements for importing from delimited files
DATAROW=n;
DELIMITER=char | 'nn'x;
GETNAMES=YES | NO;
GUESSINGROWS=n | MAX;
statements for importing from JMP files
DBENCODING=12-char SAS encoding-value ...
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