The DATASOURCE Procedure

Annual COMPUSTAT data in Universal Character format is read for PRICES since the year 2002, so that the desired output show the PRICE (HIGH), PRICE (LOW), and PRICE (CLOSE) for each company.

filename datafile "%sysget(DATASRC_DATA)csaucy3.dat" RECFM=F LRECL=13612;
/*--------------------------------------------------------------*
 * create OUT=csauy3 data set with ASCII 2003 Industrial Data   *
 * compare it with the OUT=csauc data set created by DATA STEP  *
 *--------------------------------------------------------------*/

proc datasource filetype=csaucy3 ascii
                infile=datafile
                interval=year
                outselect=on
                outkey=y3key
                out=csauy3;

     keep data197-data199 label;
     range from 2002;
run;

proc sort
   data=csauy3 out=csauy3;
   by dnum cnum cic file zlist smbl xrel stk;
run;

title1 'Price, High, Low and Close for Range from 2002';
proc contents data=csauy3;
run;

proc print data=csauy3;
run;

Output 12.8.1 shows information on the contents of the CSAUY3 data set while Output 12.8.2 shows a listing of the CSAUY3 data set.

Note that annual COMPUSTAT data are available in either IBM 360/370 General format or Universal Character format. The first example expects an IBM 360/370 General format file since the FILETYPE= is set to CSAIBM, while the second example uses a Universal Character format file (FILETYPE=CSAUC).