Download and Import Titanic Data

The script performs an HTTP GET request to download the 'titanic3.csv' file from Vanderbilt University's data repository. The file is saved to a temporary reference, then the IMPORT procedure is used to transform this CSV into a SAS^© dataset named 'titanic'.

Data Analysis

Type : EXTERNAL

The data comes from an external web source (URL biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu) and is retrieved dynamically during execution.

1 Code Block

PROC HTTP Data

Explanation :
Declaration of a temporary file and download of the remote CSV file via the HTTP procedure.

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1	filename DATA temp;
2	PROC HTTP
3	url="http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/wiki/pub/Main/DataSets/titanic3.csv"
4	method="GET"
5	out=DATA;
6	RUN;

2 Code Block

PROC IMPORT Data

Explanation :
Conversion of the downloaded CSV file into a local SAS table named 'titanic'.

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1	PROC IMPORT out=titanic
2	datafile=DATA
3	dbms=csv
4	replace;
5	RUN;

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