FILE TYPE-END FILE TYPE

The FILE TYPE-END FILE TYPE structure defines data for any one of the three types of complex raw data files: mixed files, which contain several types of records that define different types of cases; hierarchical or nested files, which contain several types of records with a defined relationship among the record types; or grouped files, which contain several records for each case with some records missing or duplicated.

For mixed file types:

FILE TYPE MIXED [FILE='file'] [ENCODING='encoding specification']
  RECORD=[varname] column location [(format)]

  [WILD={NOWARN}] 
        {WARN  }

For grouped file types:

FILE TYPE GROUPED [FILE='file'] [ENCODING='encoding specification']
  RECORD=[varname] column location [(format)]

 CASE=[varname] column location [(format)]

 [WILD={WARN  }] [DUPLICATE={WARN  }] 
       {NOWARN}             {NOWARN}

 [MISSING={WARN  }] [ORDERED={YES}] 
          {NOWARN}           {NO  }

For nested file types:

FILE TYPE NESTED [FILE='file'] [ENCODING='encoding specification']
  RECORD=[varname] column location [(format)]

 [CASE=[varname] column location [(format)]] 

 [WILD={NOWARN}] [DUPLICATE={NOWARN}] 
       {WARN  }             {WARN  }
                              {CASE  }

 [MISSING={NOWARN}] 
          {WARN  }
 
END FILE TYPE

** Default if subcommand or keyword omitted.

Release History

Release 16.0

• ENCODING subcommand added for Unicode support.

Example

FILE TYPE  MIXED RECORD=RECID 1-2.
RECORD TYPE 23.
DATA LIST   /SEX 5 AGE 6-7 DOSAGE 8-10 RESULT 12.
END FILE TYPE.
 
BEGIN DATA
21  145010 1
22  257200 2
25  235  250  2
35  167          300    3
24  125150 1
23  272075 1
21  149050 2
25  134  035  3
30  138          300    3
32  229          500    3
END DATA.