Submitting the DATA Step Program (1)

Reading Raw Data

Submitting the DATA Step Program

Verifying the Data

It's a good idea to use the OBS= option in the INFILE statement so that you can verify that the correct data is being read before the entire data file is read.

The program below reads the first ten records in the raw data file assigned the fileref Tests. The data is stored in a permanent SAS data set, named Stress, in a SAS data library that is assigned the libref Clinic. Don't forget a RUN statement, which tells the SAS System to execute the previous SAS statements.

    data clinic.stress;        
       infile tests obs=10;  
       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;

SAS Data Set Clinic.Stress

ID	Name	RestHR	MaxHR	RecHR	TimeMin	TimeSec	Tolerance
2458	Murray, W	72	185	128	12	38	D
2462	Almers, C	68	171	133	10	5	I
2501	Bonaventure, T	78	177	139	11	13	I
2523	Johnson, R	69	162	114	9	42	S
2539	LaMance, K	75	168	141	11	46	D
2544	Jones, M	79	187	136	12	26	N
2552	Reberson, P	69	158	139	15	41	D
2555	King, E	70	167	122	13	13	I
2563	Pitts, D	71	159	116	10	22	S
2568	Eberhardt, S	72	182	122	16	49	N