Date:         Sat, 5 Apr 1997 18:43:54 +0000
Reply-To:     John Whittington <johnw@MAG-NET.CO.UK>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         John Whittington <johnw@MAG-NET.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: Help appreciated
Comments: To: Chun Huang <chun@MANA.MEDSURF.COM>
Comments: cc: wangl@IASTATE.EDU
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On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Chun Huang <chun@MANA.MEDSURF.COM> sugegsted the code:
 
>DATA TRI;
>INPUT #1 V1-V6 #2 V7-V11 #3 V12-V15 #4 V16-V18 #5 V19;
>CARDS;
>1 2 3 77 88 89
>3 4 5 6  8
>10 33 66 8
>7 9 10
>3.5
>3 6 7 8 89 99
>10 2 7 9 10
>5 7 10 9
>5 9 12
>10.1
>;
>RUN;
 
That certainly works, but I am lazy when it comes to typing and would
normally prefer to use the simpler code:
 
 DATA TRI;
 INPUT V1-v19 @@;
 CARDS;
 etc ....
 
 
Similarly, the suggested code:
 
>DATA RACT;
>INPUT X1 / X2/ X3 / X4 / X5;
>CARDS;
>  ... etc.
 
could generally be written slightly more simply as:
 
 DATA RACT;
 INPUT X1-X5;
 CARDS;
   etc. ....
 
The above assumes, of course, that the input data is in the form specified -
but if its structure did vary from this expected pattern, then any code
would be at risk of failing.
 
Regards,
 
John
 
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