Date:         Fri, 10 Sep 2004 12:45:54 -0400
Reply-To:     "L. Bertolini" <bertolini.1@OSU.EDU>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "L. Bertolini" <bertolini.1@OSU.EDU>
Organization: Ohio State University
Subject:      Re: Need help with delimited data
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Assuming you're using the "DLM=" option on the INFILE statement,
add the "DSD" option, as well.


Wainwright, Andrea wrote:

>I have data that is delimited with a Ç character.  I have lots of missing
>data, so there are many occasions where those symbols are right next to each
>other.
>
>I thought SAS would treat that as missing, but it seems to think any number
>of those chars is the delimiter and it just grabs the next available field,
>and nothing is missing.
>
>Any advice on how to deal with this?
>
>I am still working with the data creator because there is way more missing
>data than there should be, but even once we get that figured out, there
>still may be missing data.
>
>TIA
>Andrea Wainwright
>Capital One
>
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