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PROC IMPORT of CSV file, while removing leading rows I am assuming you will have multiple files to read as time goes on and will need to repeat this In which case you want to get away from proc import as quickly as possible
import - Ignoring specific rows in SAS - Stack Overflow Try reading the file twice First read it as is to get the variable names Then read it again specifying the RANGE option to start at A5:0 which will read all the data but with default names Then you can use some code to rename the data as required
Solved: Ignoring specific rows in SAS - SAS Support Communities The Infile statement that is used by the data step to identify the file and characteristics such as delimiters and logical record length include a FIRSTOBS option which means skip to the row of the file before attempting to read anything
Replacing first line of csv file and importing to SAS To convert a delimited text file into a dataset just use a data step You can then modify the first line while you are making the dataset, no need to make a copy of the text file
How to Import CSV Files into SAS - ListenData The GETNAMES option is set to YES, indicating that the first row of the CSV file contains variable names It is by default so you can exclude this option if you want
Proc import without guessingrows for a csv file - SAS Communities As others have already said: limiting the use of proc import to cases not being solvable by a data step is the way to go Writing a length-statement for 2000+ variables is no fun at all, but you do it once and don't have to fix wrong guessed types and lengths
import - Declare header in row 4 - Stack Overflow Apparently, SAS does not have an option to declare from which record to pick up the headers when reading other types of files: If your variable names are not on row 1, then you will need to use the GETNAMES=NO and DATAROW=n where n is the starting record of your data
Avoid Truncation in PROC IMPORT - ListenData This tutorial explains how to stop truncation in character variables while importing CSV or Tab files with PROC IMPORT It is a common issue when your CSV file has a character variable having inconsistent length such as open-end comments, company names and addresses etc
3 Ways to Import a CSV File into SAS (Examples!) PROC IMPORT imports an external data file to a SAS data set You can use this procedure to import different files, such as CSV, EXCEL, and TXT In this section, we demonstrate how to import the “ shoes csv ” file The first row of this file contains the header and the values are separated by commas