/* Sample SAS program "readlim.sas" */

/* Examples of reading a delimited raw data file (text file)
   and creating a SAS data set */


libname ssd '[drive]:\[your_folder\]' ;


          /* To read a space delimited text data file */

filename firms '[drive]:\[your_folder]\firms.dat';
options ls=79;
data ssd.firms;
   infile firms;
   input firmid var2 var3 var4;
run;

proc contents data=ssd.firms;
run;


    /* To read a colon delimited text data file;
  two consecutive colons indicate a missing value */

filename hist '[drive]:\[your_folder]\cases.txt';
options ls=79;
data ssd.casehist;
   infile hist dlm=":" DSD ;
   input id year1 year2 num;
run;
proc contents data=ssd.casehist;
run;