Submitting the DATA Step Program (2)

Reading Raw Data

Submitting the DATA Step Program

Checking DATA Step Processing

If you submitted the DATA step below in the previous guided practice, it ran successfully.

     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;

Messages in the log verified that the raw data file was read correctly. The notes in the log indicate that

10 records were read from the raw data file
the SAS data set Clinic.Stress was created with 10 observations and 8 variables.

SAS Log

NOTE: The infile TESTS is: File Name=C:\My SAS Files\tests.dat, RECFM=V,LRECL=256 NOTE: 10 records were read from the infile TESTS. The minimum record length was 45. The maximum record length was 45. NOTE: The data set CLINIC.STRESS has 10 observations and 8 variables. NOTE: DATA statement used: real time 4.04 seconds cpu time 0.12 seconds