The data set EMPDATA contains personal and job-related information about a company's employees. A DATA step creates this data set.
data empdata;
   input IdNumber $ 1-4 LastName $ 9-19 FirstName $ 20-29 
         City $ 30-42 State $ 43-44 /
         Gender $ 1 JobCode $ 9-11 Salary 20-29 @30 Birth date7.
         @43 Hired date7. HomePhone $ 54-65;
   format birth hired date7.;
   datalines;
1919    Adams      Gerald    Stamford     CT
M       TA2        34376     15SEP48      07JUN75    203/781-1255
1653    Alexander  Susan     Bridgeport   CT
F       ME2        35108     18OCT52      12AUG78    203/675-7715
           
. . . more lines
of data . . .
           
1407    Grant      Daniel    Mt. Vernon   NY
M       PT1        68096     26MAR57      21MAR78    914/468-1616
1114    Green      Janice    New York     NY
F       TA2        32928     21SEP57      30JUN75    212/588-1092
;