data perm.sales97;
        infile data97;
        input ID $4. @;
        .
        .
        .
        input Sales : comma. @;

Raw Data File Data97

1---V----10---+----20---+----30---+----40

0734 1,323.34 2,472.85 3,276.65 5,345.52

0943 1,908.34 2,560.38 3,472.09 5,290.86

1009 2,934.12 3,308.41 4,176.18 7,581.81

The second INPUT statement reads a value for Sales and holds the record. The COMMAw.d informat in the INPUT statement reads the numeric values for Sales and removes the embedded commas.

Notice that the COMMAw.d informat does not specify a w value. Remember that list input reads values until the next blank is detected. The default length of numeric variables is 8 bytes, so you don't need to specify a w value to determine the length of a numeric variable.

When all of the repeating fields have been read, control returns to the top of the DATA step, and the record is released.

     Data perm.sales97;
        infile data97;
        input ID 4. @;
        .
        .
        .
        input Sales : comma. @;