/* reading specific lines with overlapping input */ /* is there a better way to go to just line 2 and read it or a portion of it and then go to line 4 and read an overlapping piece of it? */

data a(keep=achar1-achar7) b(keep=echar1-echar4); input (achar1-achar7) ($char1.) @6 (echar1-echar4)($char1.); if _n_=2 then output a; if _n_>4 then output b; cards; aa bbbbbbb cccc dddd eeeeeeeee eeeeeeeee eeeeeeeee ; proc print data=a; proc print data=b; run;