sas SAS Formats Using informats to read data
Example
Informats are used to tell SAS how to read in the data and are identified with an informat statement.
data test;
infile test.csv;
informat id $6.
date mmddyy10.
cost comma10.2
;
input @1 id
@7 date
@20 cost
;
run;
Informats and Formats can also be used together to read in the data and write it out in a different format such as with the salary variable below:
DATA workers;
informat first last $16.;
informat salary 12.1;
informat birthdate 8.;
input
first $
last $
birthdate
salary;
format salary dollar10.;
datalines;
John Smith 19810505 54998.5
Jane Doe 19950925 45884.5
Frank James 19600222 70000.5
Jamie Love 19630530 292000.5
;
run;
