Date:         Fri, 3 Dec 1999 10:27:07 +0100
Reply-To:     Jim Groeneveld <J.Groeneveld@ITGROUPS.COM>
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From:         Jim Groeneveld <J.Groeneveld@ITGROUPS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Creating delimited ASCII file from SAS dataset
Comments: To: Julia Hertl <jah12@CORNELL.EDU>
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Julia,

First of all DLM and DSD apply to INFILE, while reading, not to FILE, while
writing. Secondly, you missed the equals sign: DLM=char. However, you might
code:
put var1 ',' var2 ',' var3 ',' var4;
This might give you an idea on how to program possible other variants.

Regards - Jim.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julia Hertl [SMTP:jah12@CORNELL.EDU]
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 8:57 PM
> To:   SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject:      Creating delimited ASCII file from SAS dataset
>
> Hi SAS-L,
> I have what I know is a very simple question, but I can't find the
> solution
> anywhere. I need to create an ASCII file (cows2.dat) which is either tab-
> or comma-delimited (it doesn't matter which) out of a SAS dataset (cows).
> I
> am using SAS 6.12 on UNIX, and when I submit the code:
>
> data _NULL_; set cows;
> file 'cows2.dat' dlm'09'x;
> put var1 var2 var3 var4;
>
> I get an error message saying "Invalid option name DLM". I got the same
> error when I tried dlm'05'x and "Invalid option name DSD" when I tried
> with
> the option dsd.
>
> Usually when I create ASCII files out of SAS datasets, it is sufficient
> for
> them to be space-delimited, but this time I need an ASCII file which is
> tab- or comma-delimited.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Julia Hertl
> Section of Epidemiology
> Dept. of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences
> College of Veterinary Medicine
> Cornell University
> Ithaca, NY 14853