Input File and SAS Data Set for Examples

The examples in this section use one input file and one SAS data set. The input file contains information about the high and low values of the Dow Jones Industrial Average from 1968 to 2008. The input file has the following structure: 
1968  03DEC1968  985.21  21MAR1968  825.13
1969  14MAY1969  968.85  17DEC1969  769.93
1970  29DEC1970  842.00  06MAY1970  631.16
1971  28APR1971  950.82  23NOV1971  797.97
1972  11DEC1972 1036.27  26JAN1972  889.15
...more data lines...
2005  04MAR2005 10940.55 20APR2005 10012.36
2006  27DEC2006 12510.57 20JAN2006 10667.39
2007  09OCT2007 14164.53 05MAR2007 12050.41
2008  02MAY2008 13058.20 10OCT2008 8451.19
The input file contains the following values from left to right:
  • the year that ...

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