* Directory-based Systems: Reading Wide Records;



data sasstudents;

 infile 'revised sasstudents.txt' lrecl=324 truncover; /* Remove LInes */

 input  lastname    $ 1-20

        firstname   $ 22-36

        middlename  $ 38-52

        company     $ 54-83

        address1    $ 85-114

        address2    $ 116-145

        city        $ 147-166

        state       $ 168-187

        zip         $ 189-198

@200    classdate1  mmddyy10.

        classname1  $ 211-240

@242    classdate2  mmddyy10.

        classname2  $ 253-282

@284    classdate3  mmddyy10.

        classname3  $ 295-324

;

format  classdate1-classdate3 mmddyy10.;



                                                                                                             1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         2         2         2         2         2         2         2         2         2         2         3         3         3    

----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8----+----9----+----0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8----+----9----+----0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8----+----9----+----0----+----1----+----2----

Smith                Susan           Rose            ABC Consulting Inc.            300 West Shore Drive           Suite 101                      Mapletown            Massachusetts        02999-9999 05/13/2002 SAS Basics I                   06/17/2002 Report-Writing Fundamentals    09/25/2002 Statistical Analysis II       

Lewis                Carol           Ann             HiTech Company                 One HiTech Place               Mailstop 3028                  Highland             Illinois             60000-9999 01/14/2002 Advanced DATA Step Programming                                                                                    

Morris               Mark            D.              Professional Consultants       95 Oak Forest Way              Building 32                    Howard               North Carolina       27000-9999 01/14/2002 Advanced DATA Step Programming 03/04/2002 SAS Macro Programming