Date:         Mon, 8 Jul 1996 22:42:09 +0900
Reply-To:     Minh Nguyen <m960107m@EDS.ECIP.NAGOYA-U.AC.JP>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Minh Nguyen <m960107m@EDS.ECIP.NAGOYA-U.AC.JP>
Organization: Nagoya univ.
Subject:      Please Help with reading SAS into spreadsheet or dbase

Hi, everyone,
 
   I am a newbies to this group. Please forgive my ignorant
 question:
 
  1.   Can read a data file ( *.dat ), probably a SAS one
     into a spreadsheet, or TSP or any other statistical sofware
     to prepare for processing it ?
 
     I tried with MS-Excel, but the file is too large, and in
     the near future, it would be many times larger. At present,
     it is about > 13MB, and I have tens of them waiting for me.
 
  2.   The file contains raw data only, with the names of the
     variables in another file *.dct, with column numbers to
     begin with for each variables.
 
     Can I read the variables one at a time, or in batch mode ?
 
  Any help, hints, or advices are gratefully appreciated.
  BTW, how much is a PC SAS for a PC DOS / Win95 single-user ?
  And where can I buy it ?
 
  Once more thank you very much.
 
   Minh Nguyen