Tag: MISSOVER

Given the following raw data records in TEXTFILE.TXT:

----|----10---|----20---|----30
John,FEB,13,25,14,27,Final
John,MAR,26,17,29,11,23,Current
Tina,FEB,15,18,12,13,Final
Tina,MAR,29,14,19,27,20,Current

The following output is desired:

Obs	Name	Month	Status	Week1	Week2	Week3	Week4	Week5
1	John	FEB	Final	$13	$25	$14	$27	.
2	John	MAR	Current	$26	$17	$29	$11	$23
3	Tina	FEB	Final	$15	$18	$12	$13	.
4	Tina	MAR	Current	$29	$14	$19	$27	$20

Which SAS program correctly produces the desired output?

A.
data WORK.NUMBERS;

length Name $ 4 Month $ 3 Status $ 7;

infile ‘TEXTFILE.TXT’ dsd;

input Name $ Month $;

if Month=’FEB’ then input Week1 Week2 Week3 Week4 Status $;

else if Month=’MAR’ then input Week1 Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Status $;

format Week1-Week5 dollar6.;

run;

proc print data=WORK.NUMBERS;

run;

B.

data WORK.NUMBERS;

length Name $ 4 Month $ 3 Status $ 7;

infile ‘TEXTFILE.TXT’ dlm=’,’ missover;

input Name $ Month $;

if Month=’FEB’ then input Week1 Week2 Week3 Week4 Status $;

else if Month=’MAR’ then input Week1 Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Status $;

format Week1-Week5 dollar6.;

run;

proc print data=WORK.NUMBERS;

run;

C.

data WORK.NUMBERS;

length Name $ 4 Month $ 3 Status $ 7;

infile ‘TEXTFILE.TXT’ dlm=’,’;

input Name $ Month $ @;

if Month=’FEB’ then input Week1 Week2 Week3 Week4 Status $;

else if Month=’MAR’ then input Week1 Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Status $;

format Week1-Week5 dollar6.;

run;

proc print data=WORK.NUMBERS;

run;

D.

data WORK.NUMBERS;

length Name $ 4 Month $ 3 Status $ 7;

infile ‘TEXTFILE.TXT’ dsd @;

input Name $ Month $;

if Month=’FEB’ then input Week1 Week2 Week3 Week4 Status $;

else if Month=’MAR’ then input Week1 Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Status $;

format Week1-Week5 dollar6.;

run;

proc print data=WORK.NUMBERS;

run;

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