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Article #51Re: reformatting raw data to be suitable for input to SAS(r)
From: Melvin Klassen
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 21:00
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 21:00
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Bryan Combs <SSQLBC@UIUCVMD> writes: > I have an XEDIT problem. I have a file that has a record lenth of 255 > characters in XEDIT. The file is raw data. However, each case is actually > about 930 records long. I need to get the data in a format that can be read > in SAS fixed-format. Therefore, I need to find a way to change the record > length of the file without losing any data (if I make each record shorter), > or to increase the record length and unwrap the data. The data probably is **already** in a form suitable for input to SAS. The SAS software is quite-capable of reading multiple input records as it generates each observation. The software can read records of any "width", i.e., 80 is normal, 255 is easy, and 32767 is not hard.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!know!hri.com!spool.mu.edu!darwin.sura.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!uvvm!klassen From: KLASSEN@UVVM.BITNET (Melvin Klassen) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.xedit-l Subject: Re: reformatting raw data to be suitable for input to SAS(r) Message-ID: <92279.140000KLASSEN@UVVM> Date: 5 Oct 92 21:00:00 GMT References: <XEDIT-L%92100512374724@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU> Sender: VM System Editor List <XEDIT-L@UGA.BITNET> Lines: 13 Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was NETNEWS@UVVM.UVIC.CA