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Reading SAS datalines with DescTools
The ParseSASDatalines function in the DescTools package will read in data with simple SAS DATALINES code. More complex INPUT schemes may not work.
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### Reading SAS datalines, DescTools::ParseSASDatalines example
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Input = ("
DATA survey;
INPUT id sex $ age inc r1 r2 r3 @@;
DATALINES;
1 F 35 17 7 2 2 17 M 50 14 5 5 3 33 F 45 6 7 2 7
49 M 24 14 7 5 7 65 F 52 9 4 7 7 81 M 44 11 7 7 7
2 F 34 17 6 5 3 18 M 40 14 7 5 2 34 F 47 6 6 5 6
50 M 35 17 5 7 5
;
")
library(DescTools)
Data = ParseSASDatalines(Input)
### You can omit the DATA statement, the @@, and
the final semi-colon.
### The $ is required for factor
variables.
Data
id sex age inc r1 r2 r3
1 1 F 35 17 7 2 2
2 17 M 50 14 5 5 3
3 33 F 45 6 7 2 7
4 49 M 24 14 7 5 7
5 65 F 52 9 4 7 7
6 81 M 44 11 7 7 7
7 2 F 34 17 6 5 3
8 18 M 40 14 7 5 2
9 34 F 47 6 6 5 6
10 50 M 35 17 5 7 5
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