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* Package ID: knb-lter-vcr.10.4;
* Cataloging System:VCR; 
* Data set title: Hog and Cobb Island nesting seabird study, part A. 1990; 
* Data set creator:  Ruth Beck -  ; 
* Metadata Provider:    - Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research Project ; 
* Contact: Dr. Linda Blum -    - lkb2e@virginia.edu; 
* Contact:    - Information manager - Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research Project   - jporter@lternet.edu; 
        
Title1 ' Hog and Cobb Island nesting seabird study, part A. 1990' ; 
/* You should replace  'PUT-LOCAL-PATH-TO-DATA-FILE-HERE' (below) with the appropriate path;  
    to your data file (e.g., c:\mydata\datafile.txt). If you want to create a permanent SAS dataset, replace the WORK. specification  
    in the DATA statement (and SET statement in section for range checking) with a valid SAS Library reference. */ 
DATA WORK.data1; 
%let _EFIERR_ = 0; /* set the ERROR detection macro variable */ 
infile 'PUT-LOCAL-PATH-TO-DATA-FILE-HERE' 
                TRUNCOVER; 
input                          
                                    @1 ISLAND  $ 4.     
                                    @8 SPECID  $ 6.     
                                    @17 AGE  $ 1.     
                                    @21 MONTH 2.  
                                    @23 DAY 2.  
                                    @25 YEAR 2.  
                                    @30 COUNT 4. ; 
if _ERROR_ then call symputx('_EFIERR_',1); /* set ERROR detection macro variable */  
LABEL ISLAND ='Island where doing bird censuses-' ; 
LABEL SPECID ='Species ID-' ; 
LABEL AGE ='Age of bird-' ; 
LABEL MONTH ='Month of census-MM' ; 
LABEL DAY ='Day of census-DD' ; 
LABEL YEAR ='Year of census-YY' ; 
LABEL COUNT ='Numbers of birds or nests seen-none' ;
run;
                
                
                
/* The analyses below are basic descriptions of the variables.
   After testing, they should be replaced. */
                
                
PROC FREQ; 
      TABLES  ISLAND; 
PROC FREQ; 
      TABLES  SPECID; 
PROC FREQ; 
      TABLES  AGE;  
PROC MEANS; 
        VAR MONTH ;  
PROC MEANS; 
        VAR DAY ;  
PROC MEANS; 
        VAR YEAR ;  
PROC MEANS; 
        VAR COUNT ; 
RUN;
                 
TITLE2 'Observations with one or more out of range values'; 
DATA bad1;
SET WORK.data1; 
* List cases where data is out of range;
* Note: if no out of range cases are detected, the variable names will be listed, but no actual cases; 
LENGTH BADVARS $ 255; 
IF ((MONTH NE .) AND (MONTH LT 1)) THEN BADVARS=CAT(TRIM(BADVARS),' MONTH-min'); 
IF ((MONTH NE .) AND (MONTH GT 12)) THEN BADVARS=CAT(TRIM(BADVARS),' MONTH-max'); 
IF ((DAY NE .) AND (DAY LT 1)) THEN BADVARS=CAT(TRIM(BADVARS),' DAY-min'); 
IF ((DAY NE .) AND (DAY GT 31)) THEN BADVARS=CAT(TRIM(BADVARS),' DAY-max'); 
IF ((YEAR NE .) AND (YEAR LT 0)) THEN BADVARS=CAT(TRIM(BADVARS),' YEAR-min'); 
IF ((YEAR NE .) AND (YEAR GT 99)) THEN BADVARS=CAT(TRIM(BADVARS),' YEAR-max'); 
IF (BADVARS NE ''); 
PROC PRINT data=bad1; 
RUN;