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*  Research Computing Services                            *;
*  Introduction to SAS                                    *;
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*  Input Data Directly                                    *;
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* Use cards or datalines after the input statement;       *;
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* Input statement contains the column names               *;
* For numeric columns, specify a name                     *;
* For the columns containing character data, add $ after  *;
*    the name of the column                               *;
* Use spaces to separate the data                         *;
* Do not forget semicolon on the next line                *;
* after the last data entry                               *;
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* After the data statement is executed, navigate to the   *;
* Work library in the Explorer window and check the data  *;
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data mydata;
   input id name $;
   datalines;
   1 Alex
   2 Bob
   3 Clara
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