Input File and SAS Data Set for Examples

In the travel industry, some of the most important data about a tour includes dates such as:
  • when the tour leaves and returns
  • when payments are due
  • when refunds are allowed, and so on
Tradewinds Travel has data that contains dates of past and upcoming popular tours as well as the number of nights spent on the tour. The raw data is stored in an external file that looks like this: 
Japan       13may2000  8
Greece      17oct99   12
New Zealand 03feb2001 16
Brazil      28feb2001  8
Venezuela   10nov00    9
Italy       25apr2001  8
Russia      03jun1997 14
Switzerland 14jan2001  9
Australia   24oct98   12
Ireland     27aug2000  7
The first column lists the name of the country that was toured. The second column lists the departure date. The ...

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