SAS Certification Prep Guide, 4th Edition

Reading Standard Data with List Input

The Basics of List Input

Syntax, INPUT statement using list input: INPUT variable <$>; variable specifies the variable whose value the INPUT statement is to read. $ specifies that the variable is a character variable.

Suppose you have an external data file like the one shown below. The file, which is referenced by the fileref Creditc, contains the results of a survey on the use of credit cards by males and females in the 18-39 age range.

Figure 18.2 Raw Data File Creditc

You need to read the data values for the following:

• gender
• age
• number of bank credit cards ...