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List:       sas-l
Subject:    Re: Input statement problem in 6.12
From:       Don Stanley <don_stanley () IBM ! NET>
Date:       1997-05-31 5:51:32
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I suspect you cannot do muchwithout altering all your source code ...

putting the PAD option on the INFILE fixes it.

Or you could write a little program to edit all your input files and pad
them out with blanks ... it should work onPC platforms.

Don


Victor Kamensky wrote:
>
> Hi,SAS-L-ers!
> I run the following program in 6.12 for WINDOWS 95(actually,all WINDOWS
> version I tried give the same result).
>
> 29   data t;
> 30   length name $ 9;
> 31   infile 'names.txt' missover;
> 32   input name $ 1-9;
> 33   run;
>
> NOTE: The infile 'names.txt' is:
>       FILENAME=C:\SAStest\names.txt,
>       RECFM=V,LRECL=256
>
> NOTE: 2 records were read from the infile 'names.txt'.
>       The minimum record length was 5.
>       The maximum record length was 5.
> NOTE: The data set WORK.T has 2 observations and 1 variables.
> NOTE: The DATA statement used 0.11 seconds.
>
> 33       proc print;run;
>
> NOTE: The PROCEDURE PRINT used 0.0 seconds.
> The length of names in the input files is less than 9:
> Input file is:
> cathy
> billy
> Reluts is the following:blank names.
>          The SAS System                               15:39 Wednesday, May
> 28, 1997   4
>
>                                           OBS    NAME
>
>                                            1
>                                            2
>
> In SAS 6.04 the result is  expectable:correct names will be printed.
> Of course,I can change the program,for example,
>  input names; will produce correct results.
> But the problem is the following:
> I have a lot of programs like this one written in 6.04,and it will take a lot
> of time to find and change all such things.
> Is there a simpler solution?
> Any comments,suggestions will be appreciated.
> Sincerely
> Victor Kamensky
> Programmer
> Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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