Reading Hierarchical Files

Creating One Observation per Detail Record

Write an IF-THEN statement to define a condition so that, when the value of type is H, an INPUT statement reads the values for Address. The longest value for Address contains 15 characters. 1---+----10---+---- H 321 S. MAIN ST  P MARY E    21 F P WILLIAM M 23 M  P SUSAN K    3 F

data perm.people; infile census; retain Address; input type $1. @;

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