Overview of Reading Raw Data

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Reading Raw Data

Lesson Overview

Introduction

In order to create reports using SAS procedures, your data must be in the form of a SAS data set. If your data is not stored in the form of a SAS data set, you need to create a SAS data set by entering data, by reading raw data, or by accessing files created by other software.

This lesson shows you how to design and write a DATA step program to create a SAS data set from raw data stored in an external file.

DATA Step

This lesson contains 37 pages and takes approximately 60-90 minutes to complete.

Objectives
In this lesson, you learn to

reference a SAS data library
reference a raw data file
name a SAS data set to be created
specify a raw data file to be read
read standard character and numeric values in fixed fields
submit and verify a data step program
subset data.

Prerequisites
Before taking this lesson, you should have completed the following lessons:
Introduction to SAS Programming

Working in the SAS Environment
Basic Concepts
Editing and Debugging SAS Programs
Setting Up Your SAS Session