SAS Certification Prep Guide: Base Programming for SAS 9, Third Edition

Writing Basic DATA Steps

Creating SAS Data Sets from External Files explained how to write a DATA step to create a permanent SAS data set from raw data that is stored in an external file.

data clinic.stress; 
   infile tests; 
   input ID 1-4 Name $ 6-25 RestHR 27-29 
         MaxHR 31-33 RecHR 35-37 
         TimeMin 39-40 TimeSec 42-43 
         Tolerance $ 45; 
run;

You learned how to submit the DATA step and how to check the log to see whether the step ran successfully.

You also learned how to display the contents of the data set with the PRINT procedure.

 proc print ...