* SAS RETRIEVAL CODE TO READ THE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AND/OR
  PRECIPITATION DATA FILES FROM THE PRC 205-STATION DATABASE
  CONTAINED IN CDIAC NDP-039/R1;
                                                   
DATA DAT205;                                

* UNCOMMENT ONE OF THE INFILE STMTS. BELOW TO READ THE DESIRED DATA SET; 

* INFILE 'temp205.dat';                          
* INFILE 'prec205.dat';
 
 INPUT STANUM 2-6 YEAR 9-12 RFLAG $ 14      
 JAN 16-20 JANFL $ 22 FEB 24-28 FEBFL $ 30 MAR 32-36 MARFL $ 38  
 APR 40-44 APRFL $ 46 MAY 48-52 MAYFL $ 54 JUN 56-60 JUNFL $ 62     
 JUL 64-68 JULFL $ 70 AUG 72-76 AUGFL $ 78 SEP 80-84 SEPFL $ 86  
 OCT 88-92 OCTFL $ 94 NOV 96-100 NOVFL $ 102 DEC 104-108 DECFL $ 110;

RUN;