Date:         Thu, 26 Mar 1998 15:10:00 -0500
Reply-To:     george_wang@SMTPLINK.MSSM.EDU
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         george_wang@SMTPLINK.MSSM.EDU
Subject:      help reading the data
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     Dear friends:
 
     I am facing a READING outside file problem.  I use WordPad to open the
     data, and the part of data looks like following:
     (I do not know what meaning the little black signs in the data and SAS
     printout, RETURN key or Tab key or something else)
 
 
 
 
      BERD AXXXXXXMS       CLOSED #91148 AXXXMS          PAUL S. AXXXD
      16XXXXXX RD PH       10 ABCDEF RD                  26 MNOPQR RD
      OLD BETXXXXX, NY     OLD BETXXXXX, NY              SXXXXXX, NY
      11894                11894                         15883
 
 
      ARLINE ABCDE         PHYLLIS I. DDCCEEFF           MANUEL R. SSSSD
      1000 PARK AVE        1225 ABCDEDSED ST BASEME      57678 163RD ST
      APT 9A               NT                            MASSSTH, NY
      NEW YORK, NY         SNOPRSEDC, NY                 11378
      19928                19998
 
      NORMAN ABCDEFN       LOUIS AMMMMMMA                DAWN M. BCDEFNNNN
      3-5 89TH ST          534 HIJKMNON ST               908 WOODDOWNS DR
      APT #517             LODI,NJ                       GSSSSN, NY
      BROOKLYN, NY         07644                         10924
      11209
 
      MARK BDBDEE          MARY KKKKER                   MAX J. BBBBBR
      2222 E27TH ST        11115 72ND RD                 375 NORTH AAA AVE
      BKLYN,NY             APT 8A                        APT 18S
      112295002            FLUSHING, NY                  NEW YORK, NY
                           11367                         10280
 
 
     I have read the first and second column groups data without any
     problems. But when I read the third column group data starting from
     PAUL S. AXXXD to MAX J. BBBBBR, SAS always give me very strange
     results. Even I use following the simplest program:
 
     FILENAME GG 'A:\TRIAL2.TXT';
     DATA GAA;
     INFILE GG;
     INPUT PTNAME $ 1-76;
     RUN;
     FILENAME GG; RUN;
 
     PROC PRINT; RUN;
 
     Printout for above SAS program is following:
 
 
      OBS    PTNAME
 
     1
     2    BERD AXXXXXXMS      CLOSED #91148 AXXXMS          PAUL S. AXXXD
     3    OLD BETXXXXX, NY    OLD BETXXXXX, NY              SXXXXXX, NY
     4
     5    ARLINE ABCDE        PHYLLIS I. DDCCEEFF           MANUEL R. SSSSD
     6    1000 PARK AVE       1225 ABCDEDSED ST BASEME      57678 163RD ST
     7    NEW YORK, NY        SNOPRSEDC, NY                 11378
     8
     9    NORMAN ABCDEFN      LOUIS AMMMMMMA                DAWN M. BCDEFNN
     10   3-5 89TH ST         534 HIJKMNON ST               908 WOODDOWNS D
     11   BROOKLYN, NY        07644                         10924
     12
     13   2222 E27TH ST       11115 72ND RD                 375 NORTH AAA A
     14   112295002           FLUSHING, NY                  NEW YORK, NY
     15
 
 
     If I expend the range from PTNAME from $ 1-76, the result will be look
     like the different, and also very strange.
 
     If some friends want to try and successfully read the data, would you
     please send me the e-mail and tell me how to do it.  I will very
     appreciate your help.
 
     George