The INFILE statement replaces DATALINES. INFILE gives the location of the external text file, including the drive name and any subdirectories. The FIRSTOBS option tells SAS to skip the first two lines of the file and to begin reading data on line 3. The OBS option tells SAS that Line 6 is the last line which contains legitimate data. You may choose to edit the text file first by removing the top two lines and the bottom two lines, so that the text file contained only data. Then, the INFILE statement listed below would be sufficient.