topic Re: maximum allowable character in observation in SAS Data Science https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/maximum-allowable-character-in-observation/m-p/210395#M2914 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Was assuming 32k is the limit as it is processed signed not unsigned</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 19 Jun 2015 18:54:25 GMT jakarman 2015-06-19T18:54:25Z maximum allowable character in observation https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/maximum-allowable-character-in-observation/m-p/210393#M2912 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Can anyone tell me what will be the maximum allowable cell content (in Work_Description variable) of the observation?</P><P></P><P></P><P><STRONG>ID&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Name&nbsp;&nbsp; Work_Description</STRONG></P><P>101&nbsp; John&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Construction Worker</P><P></P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 19 Jun 2015 18:26:45 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/maximum-allowable-character-in-observation/m-p/210393#M2912 mlogan 2015-06-19T18:26:45Z Re: maximum allowable character in observation https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/maximum-allowable-character-in-observation/m-p/210394#M2913 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>In theory, a character variable can be defined as 64K character long.&nbsp; However, if you already have created a SAS data set, you can examine the variable definitions that are built in by running PROC CONTENTS.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 19 Jun 2015 18:41:04 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/maximum-allowable-character-in-observation/m-p/210394#M2913 Astounding 2015-06-19T18:41:04Z Re: maximum allowable character in observation https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/maximum-allowable-character-in-observation/m-p/210395#M2914 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Was assuming 32k is the limit as it is processed signed not unsigned</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 19 Jun 2015 18:54:25 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/maximum-allowable-character-in-observation/m-p/210395#M2914 jakarman 2015-06-19T18:54:25Z Re: maximum allowable character in observation https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/maximum-allowable-character-in-observation/m-p/210396#M2915 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The max length of a character variable is 32767.</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 20 Jun 2015 07:03:03 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/maximum-allowable-character-in-observation/m-p/210396#M2915 Ksharp 2015-06-20T07:03:03Z