title: Import text file into SAS
body: <p>I'm importing a text file into SAS, using the code below :</p>
  
  <pre><code>proc import datafile="C:\Users\Desktop\data.txt" out=Indivs dbms=dlm replace;
   delimiter=';';
     getnames=yes;
  run;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, I get error messages in the log and certain fields are populated with "." in place of the real data and I don't know what is the problem.</p>
  
  <p>The error message is :</p>
  
  <pre><code>Invalid data for DIPL in line 26 75-76.
  Invalid data for DIPL in line 28 75-76.
  Invalid data for DIPL in line 31 75-76.
  Invalid data for DIPL in line 34 75-76.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>A sample of the data is available here <a href="http://m.uploadedit.com/b029/1392916373370.txt" rel="nofollow">http://m.uploadedit.com/b029/1392916373370.txt</a></p>