Date:         Wed, 6 Nov 2002 23:46:39 GMT
Reply-To:     evan.cooch@NOSPAMCORNELL.EDU
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         evan.cooch@NOSPAMCORNELL.EDU
Organization: Cornell University
Subject:      Re: input problem | text block | single variable

On 6 Nov 02 19:09:42 GMT, WHITLOI1@WESTAT.COM (Ian Whitlock) wrote:

>Evan,
>
>Computer systems often put little thinges at the ends of lines.

THis much I know. I move back and forth often enough between disparate
OS to have learned this the kard way.

 This means
>you will have to get more detailed about what you actually have and want to
>do before you can get an answer that is little better than a guess.

I suspect you're right. I'll have to fire up my editor and see just
what is at the end of the lines in the data file.

>
>I assumed you had exactly what you wrote and copied into the SAS editor to
>write the following working code.
>

Thanks - I'll have a try with your code.

>data w ( drop = glob );
>   length goo $32767 glob $ 100 ;
>   do while (1) ;
>      infile cards eof = eof ;
>      input glob ;
>      goo = trim(goo) || glob ;
>   end ;
>return ;
>eof:
>   goo = left(goo) ;
>   len = length (goo) ;
>   put len= ;
>   glob = substr(goo,len-2) ;
>   put glob= ;
>return ;
>cards ;
>GGACGGGTCGTTTCAGCTGAAGTACTTGGATGATGAAGAAGAATGGGTGATGCTGGTTACAGATTCTGATCTCCAA
>GAATGTTTGGAGATATTACATGGTATGGGAAAACACTCGGTGAAGTTTCTCGTTCGTGATTTGTCTGCCCCTCTAG
>GTAGTTCTGGTGGCAGTAATGGTTATCTTGGAACAGGCTTATGACGTCGTAAGACATAGACACACACAGTTATGTA
>TTCCCAGTGAAAGAATGTTGTTTATTTCTCTAGATATTAGTATGCTTATAAATAGGCATGAAGGAGAAAGACAATT
>TTGGTATAGTGGAGTTCAGCAGAAAATGTATA
>;
>