DATA Step Statements for Reading Data
Naming the Data Set with the DATA Statement
The DATA statement indicates the beginning of the DATA
step and names the SAS data set to be created.
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Syntax, DATA statement:
DATA SAS-data-set-1 <...SAS-data-set-n>;
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Remember that a permanent
SAS data set name is a two-level name. For example, the two-level
name Clinic.Admit specifies that the data set Admit is stored in the
permanent SAS library to which the libref Clinic has been assigned.
Specifying the Raw Data File with the INFILE Statement
When
reading raw data, use the INFILE statement to indicate which file
the data is in.
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Syntax, INFILE ... |
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