data a;
input relation $ name $ date ： mmddyy8.;
datalines;
son frank 01/31/89
daughter june 12-25-87
brother samuel 01/17/51
;
run;
这里为什么要加冒号呢？在和之间假如有好几个空格怎么就会显示不出结果？
The colon (:) modifier enables you to read nonstandard data values and character values that are longer than eight characters, but which contain no embedded blanks.
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