To use this program, follow these steps:
  1. Open a SAS editor window (or another text editor)
  2. COPY the program below and PASTE it into the editor window
  3. Edit the program so that the FILE= specification points to where the data file is stored on your system
  4. Save the modified program file and RUN it using SAS
The program is below this line. If no program is listed, the URL to the EML document may be in error. If the EML file does not include all the information needed, the SAS program will have errors or be incomplete. 
* Package ID: knb-lter-vcr.148.5;
* Cataloging System:VCR; 
* Data set title: Surface Elevation  Data for the Virginia Coast Reserve; 
* Data set creator: Dr. Linda Blum -  ; 
* Data set creator: Dr. Robert Christian -  ; 
* Data set creator:  Mark Brinson -  ; 
* Data set creator: Ms. Patricia Willis -  ; 
* 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 ' Surface Elevation  Data for the Virginia Coast Reserve' ; 
/* 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'  delimiter="\t"
                TRUNCOVER DSD lrecl=32767 ; 
input                         DATE 
                                   SITE 
                                   LEVEL 
                                   DATATYPE 
                                   COMMENTS 
                                   ; 
if _ERROR_ then call symputx('_EFIERR_',1); /* set ERROR detection macro variable */  
LABEL DATE ='Date of measurement-' ; 
LABEL SITE ='Site Identifier-' ; 
LABEL LEVEL ='Change in elevation of sediment surface from initial measurement-cm' ; 
LABEL DATATYPE ='Method of Measurement-' ; 
LABEL COMMENTS ='Comments on data collection-' ; 
/* Codes for DATATYPE are:  
                                        'MH'   'Marker Horizon'   
                                        'RSET'   'Root Sediment Elevation Table'   
                                        'SET'   'Sediment Elevation Table'  . 
*/ 
                            
run;
                
                
                
/* The analyses below are basic descriptions of the variables.
   After testing, they should be replaced. */
                
                
PROC FREQ; 
      TABLES  DATE; 
PROC FREQ; 
      TABLES  SITE; 
PROC FREQ; 
      TABLES  DATATYPE; 
PROC FREQ; 
      TABLES  COMMENTS;  
PROC MEANS; 
        VAR LEVEL ; 
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 (BADVARS NE ''); 
PROC PRINT data=bad1; 
RUN;