Specifying the Length of Character Variables
Overview
Remember that when you use list input to read raw data, character
variables are assigned a default length of 8. Let's see what
happens when list input is used to read character variables whose
values are longer than 8.
The
raw data file referenced by the fileref Citydata contains 1970 and
1980 population figures for several large U.S. cities. Notice that
some city names are rather long.
Raw Data File with Character Values That Are
Longer than 8
The
longer character values are truncated when they are read into the
program data vector.
Program Data Vector
PROC PRINT output shows the ...
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