Question

My input file looks like this:

FCODE,AIRPORT,TDATE,CHILD,ADULT,ECAR,FCAR IA06100,CDGWE,01APR2000,8,85,3328,11730 IA05900,CDG,01APR2000,8,85,2392,8415 IA07200,FRA,01APR2000,10,97,1720,5432 IA04700,LHR,01APR2000,14,120,2576,7320

I want to read this file and create a dataset, where the TDATE file is formatted into mm/dd/yyyy. The following is my base sas code:

data test;
  infile "C:\SAS Training\testfile.txt" firstobs=2 dlm=',';
  input FCODE $  AIRPORT $ TDATE $ CHILD ADULT ECAR FCAR;
  format tdate MMDDYYYY10.;
run;

But I am getting ERROR 48-59: The informat $MMDDYY was not found or could not be loaded. Essentially I want to convert the date "01APR2000" in the input file to "04/01/2000" in the dataset.

Thanks

Answer 1

您需要使用正确的INFORMAT

TDATE：date。

请注意：

Answer 2

请尝试以下方法。 TDATE是一个日期（SAS中的数字的特殊情况）因此在输入语句中没有跟随$。您还会在信息（SAS如何读取原始数据并将其转换）和格式（SAS如何显示数据）之间混淆。

data test;
  infile "C:\SAS Training\testfile.txt" firstobs=2 dlm=',';
  input FCODE $  AIRPORT $ TDATE CHILD ADULT ECAR FCAR;
  informat tdate DATE9.;
  format tdate DDMMYY10.;
run;

How to format date field of input file while creating a dataset in sas

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