title: SAS: What are the difference between "data files" and "raw data files"?
body: <p>So, according to SAS books, you do:</p>
  
  <pre><code>PROC IMPORT
  DATAFILE="filename" | TABLE="tablename"
  OUT=SAS-data-set
  &lt;DBMS=identifier&gt;&lt;REPLACE&gt;; 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>for data files, and you use INFILE to read raw data files...</p>
  
  <p>So what exactly is "raw data files"? Are CSV files data files or "raw data files"? Are space-separated text files data files or "raw data files"?</p>