/* Reading space-delimited data */

DATA scores1;
	INPUT name $ hw1 hw2 quiz1 quiz2 final;
	DATALINES;
Keenan 9 8 8 6 75
Wu 10 10 9 9 88
Gold 5 5 7 9 78
Williams 10 5 10 9 80
Alonzo 10 10 10 10 95
;

PROC PRINT DATA=scores1;
	RUN;

QUIT;

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/* Reading column-formatted data */

DATA scores2;
        INPUT name $ 1-17 hw1 18-19 hw2 21-22 quiz1 24-25 quiz2 27-28 final 30-31;
        DATALINES;
John W. Keenan    9  8  8  6 75
Ted Wu           10 10  9  9 88
Alicia S. Gold    5  5  7  9 78
Mary P. Williams 10  5 10  9 80
Cesar H. Alonzo  10 10 10 10 95
Crystal Ahn      10  8  8 10 81
Chris Reyes      10  8  8 10 81
;

PROC PRINT DATA=scores2;
        RUN;

QUIT;

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/* Reading data from external file */

filename egdata "C:\Users\naranjo\Documents\My SAS Files(32)\nhanes.txt";

DATA health1;
	INFILE egdata;
	INPUT gender $ age race $ 19-37 education $ 38-54 fam_inc poverty 
              weight height bmi sys_bp dias_bp cholest glucose;

PROC PRINT DATA=health1 (obs=20);
	VAR gender age race education bmi cholest glucose; /* OPTIONAL */
        RUN;

QUIT;

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/* Reading data from a web page, with FIRSTOBS option (e.g. variable names on
   first two lines) */

filename egdata URL "http://www.stat.wmich.edu/naranjo/sas/nhanes.txt";

DATA health2;
	INFILE egdata FIRSTOBS=3;
	INPUT gender $ age race $ 19-37 education $ 38-54 fam_inc poverty 
              weight height bmi sys_bp dias_bp cholest glucose;

PROC PRINT DATA=health2 (obs=20);
	VAR gender age race education bmi cholest glucose; /* OPTIONAL */
        RUN;

QUIT;