The IMPORT Procedure
The Basics of PROC IMPORT
The IMPORT procedure
reads data from an external data source and writes it to a SAS data
set.
In delimited files,
a delimiter (such as a blank, comma, or tab) separates columns of
data values. If you license SAS/ACCESS Interface to PC Files, additional
external data sources can include Microsoft Access database files,
Microsoft Excel files, and Lotus spreadsheets.
When you run the IMPORT procedure, it reads the input file and writes the data to the specified SAS data set. By default, IMPORT procedure expects the variable names to appear in the first row. The procedure scans the first 20 rows to count the variables, and it attempts to determine the correct informat and format for each variable. ...
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