Date:         Mon, 3 Feb 1997 17:08:43 +0500
Reply-To:     Bernard Tremblay <bernard@CAPITALE.QC.CA>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Bernard Tremblay <bernard@CAPITALE.QC.CA>
Subject:      Re: Determining record length in inputs
Comments: To: hmclean@PEACH.FRUIT.COM

Hi,
 
        Try the options "length=var" on the infile statement.
        Example:
 
                data example;
                     infile test length=nb ;
                     input record $varying200. nb ;
                run;
 
        NB: length greater than 200 have to be handled by your program too...
 
                Hope it helps,
                        Bernard Tremblay
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>>>From owner-sas-l@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU Mon Feb  3 16:39 EST 1997
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>>>Date:         Mon, 3 Feb 1997 14:55:31 -0600
>>>From: Hays McLean <Hmclean@PEACH.FRUIT.COM>
>>>Subject:      Determining record length in inputs
>>>To: Multiple recipients of list SAS-L <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
>>>
>>>Is there a way that SAS can predetermine the length of a record so that
>>>the whole record can be read in as a character variable with format
>>>$XXX. where XXX is the record length?  This would be used on variable
>>>record length text files where each record may be different length.
>>>
>>>Thanks for any help.
>>>
>>>--Hays McLean