Date:         Fri, 2 Oct 1998 14:43:09 -0400
Reply-To:     gspatel@PEPCO.COM
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Girish Patel <gspatel@PEPCO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Help with informat.
Comments: To: Stephen Dybas <skd02@HEALTH.STATE.NY.US>
Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

         IT SEEMS TO ME, YOU NEED TO USE  "  ZD11." AS SHOW BELOW  TO READ
IT.........................
data a;
input x $ 1-11 ;
cards;
0000000000{
0000002984G
0000002984G
0000001809H
0000000904I
0000001809H
0000002984G
0000000852A
0000001704B
0000002984G
0000002984G
0000002984G
0000002984G
0000002984G
0000002984G
0000000852A
0000001704B
0000001989H
0000001989H
0000001989H
0000002594G
 ;
run;
 
data b;
set a;
XX=input(x,ZD11.);
run;
 
proc print;
run;
 
 
 
 
Stephen Dybas <skd02@HEALTH.STATE.NY.US> on 10/02/98 01:52:02 PM
 
Please respond to Stephen Dybas <skd02@HEALTH.STATE.NY.US>
 
To:   SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
cc:    (bcc: Girish S Patel/TEB/CEC)
Subject:  Help with informat.
 
 
 
 
 Dear SAS-L's
 
 I received the following data from an insurer who claims the data is in
 signed format ( the last character represents a number and sign). Could
you
 tell me which SAS informat would give me the proper translation? If the
data
 were normal I would have read it in with an informat of 11.  ( w.d ).
 
 Thanks,
 
 Steve Dybas ( skd02@health.state.ny.us )
 
 [sample data follows]
 
 0000000000{
 0000002984G
 0000002984G
 0000001809H
 0000000904I
 0000001809H
 0000002984G
 0000000852A
 0000001704B
 0000002984G
 0000002984G
 0000002984G
 0000002984G
 0000002984G
 0000002984G
 0000000852A
 0000001704B
 0000001989H
 0000001989H
 0000001989H
 0000002594G