/* SAS Example 1b: Entering "awkward" data								*/

OPTIONS PS=52;
OPTIONS LS=78;
OPTIONS NODATE;
OPTIONS PAGENO=1;

DATA TELEPHONE;
	INPUT NAME $4-23 ADDRESS $25-48 ZIP PHONE $56-67;

/* This time our data is not going to be imported from a file, but
   instead we are going to include it in the program. We are also
   going to have a more complicated data structure, with multiple
   word character variables.											*/

/* Any time we wish to record alphanumeric data for a variable, we 
   must follow up that variable name with a $ symbol in the input
   statement. This will often be sufficient, however we have the
   additional problem that when we enter a name for the first
   variable, we need to make SAS record the full name and not move
   onto the next variable after the first space. If we wish to enter
   multiple words as one variable, we need to tell SAS to take all
   characters over a range as that particular variable (here we are
   saying all letters in columns 4-23 should be taken as belonging
   to the name variable. This is only needed for multiple word
   variables.															*/

CARDS;
   Aadelvand, Steffanee 181 Wilkerson St, Ath    30601 706 425 9123
   Aamoth, Daniel J     130 Woodbine Dr, Wtknsvl .     706 769 5450
   Aanerud, Chris       1005 Macon Hwy, Ath      30606 706 552 3263
   Aanerud, Roy L       1020 Hill Crk Ct         30677 706 769 8738
   Aaron, Andy          149 Jefferson Rd, Sthm   30666 770 725 2334
;
RUN;

/* The CARDS statement just tells the computer that the data is
   following. We list the data without any ; symbols, but then put
   one in right at the end. We also need to represent any missing
   data with a "." symbol. Otherwise the phone number of person 2
   would have been placed in the zipcode column, since SAS would
   have kept on reading until it found something. This would have
   thrown the alignment off for the rest of the data entry.				*/

PROC PRINT DATA=TELEPHONE NOOBS;
	TITLE 'Telephone Number Data';
	VAR NAME PHONE ADDRESS ZIP;
RUN;

/* The NOOBS option requests that observation numbers are not printed
   on the output, something else that makes the output tidier.			*/