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DATALINES4 |
Valid: | in a DATA step |
Category: | File-handling |
Type: | Declarative |
Aliases: | CARDS4, LINES4 |
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DATALINES4; |
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The DATALINES4 statement is the last statement in the DATA step and immediately precedes the first data line. Follow the data lines with four consecutive semicolons that are located in columns 1 through 4.
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In this example, SAS reads data lines that contain internal semicolons until it encounters a line of four semicolons. Execution continues with the rest of the program.
data biblio; input number citation $50.; datalines4; KIRK, 1988 2 LIN ET AL., 1995; BRADY, 1993 3 BERG, 1990; ROA, 1994; WILLIAMS, 1992 ;;;;
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