/* SAS data set options */
* Using options with the complicated 
scores data set;

data scores;

*infile 'z:\My Documents\teaching\stat_517\sasdata_scores.txt';
FILENAME webpage URL 'http://people.stat.sc.edu/hitchcock/sasdata_scores.txt';
INFILE webpage;
INPUT gamedate MMDDYY10. +1 VisitingTeam $20. +8 vscore 2.0 +2 HomeTeam $20. +8 hscore 2.0 Note $CHAR16. Bet COMMA10. +5 gametime TIME8.;
RUN;

/* Just keeping a few variables */

data basicscores;
set scores (KEEP = VisitingTeam vscore HomeTeam hscore);
run;

proc print data=basicscores (RENAME = (VisitingTeam=Visitor HomeTeam = Home));
title 'Just the Basics of the Scores Data Set';
run;

/* Doing it another way by dropping variables */

data basicscores2;
set scores (DROP = gamedate Note Bet gametime);
run;

proc print data=basicscores2 (FIRSTOBS = 4 OBS = 10);
title 'Just the Basics --- Only a Selection of 7 Game Scores';
run;