Reading a Varying Number of Repeating Fields
Overview
So
far, each record in the file Data97 has contained the same number
of repeating fields.
Raw Data File Data97
But
suppose that some of the employees quit at various times. Their
records might not contain sales totals for the second, third, or
fourth quarter. These records contain a variable number of
repeating fields.
Raw Data File Data97 Showing Empty Records
The DATA step that you just wrote won't work with a variable number of repeating fields because now the value of Quarter is ...
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