OPTIONS LINESIZE=88 PAGESIZE=53 NOCENTER NODATE NONUMBER NOFMTERR;
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* PROJECT NAME: Learning to Use SAS                                ;
*             PROGRAM NAME     LOCATION     DATE     PROGRAMMER    ;
TITLE1 "Source:LEC14P9.SAS    Disk 1998#1 10/27/98      EJS "      ;
* Description:                                                     ;
*     An example reading data with Column input: alternative method;
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DATA d;
  INPUT @1  name  $10.
        @12 age     2.
        @17 sex    $6.;

*000000001111111111222    *column positions for reference;
*234567890123456789212    *column positions for reference;
CARDS;
John              M
Peter      36     M
Jan
James      16     M
Bobbie     23
Midge      33     F
John       23     M
John-Peter 36     M
Jan        23   Female
Mary Jo    32   F
;

PROC PRINT DATA=d;
  TITLE2 "Listing of Data using Column input with Explicit Column and Width Specs";

RUN;