17/08/2026
📊 **INFILE OPTIONS IN SAS** 💻
Understanding SAS INFILE options is essential when working with external files and importing data efficiently. 🚀
Here are **12 important INFILE options** you should know:
1️⃣ **DLM=** – Specifies the delimiter
2️⃣ **DSD** – Handles missing values in delimited data
3️⃣ **FLOWOVER** – Continues to the next line if data is incomplete
4️⃣ **MISSOVER** – Prevents SAS from reading the next line for incomplete data
5️⃣ **TRUNCOVER** – Reads partial records without moving to the next line
6️⃣ **STOPOVER** – Stops ex*****on when data is missing
7️⃣ **FIRSTOBS=** – Starts reading from a specified record
8️⃣ **OBS=** – Limits the number of records read
9️⃣ **LRECL=** – Sets the logical record length
🔟 **PAD** – Pads short records with blanks
1️⃣1️⃣ **END=** – Creates a variable for the last record
1️⃣2️⃣ **ENCODING=** – Specifies the file encoding
💡 Mastering these options can help you handle external data files more effectively in **SAS Programming**.
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