https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/What-is-the-default-length-of-a-character-and-numeric-variables/m-p/534187#M146527 <P>The default length for a numeric variable is 8. The length of a character variable is set at the first occurrence of the variable.&nbsp;</P> Sat, 09 Feb 2019 21:57:01 GMT PeterClemmensen 2019-02-09T21:57:01Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/What-is-the-default-length-of-a-character-and-numeric-variables/m-p/534185#M146525 Sat, 09 Feb 2019 21:46:37 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/What-is-the-default-length-of-a-character-and-numeric-variables/m-p/534185#M146525 mdoddala 2019-02-09T21:46:37Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/What-is-the-default-length-of-a-character-and-numeric-variables/m-p/534187#M146527 <P>The default length for a numeric variable is 8. The length of a character variable is set at the first occurrence of the variable.&nbsp;</P> Sat, 09 Feb 2019 21:57:01 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/What-is-the-default-length-of-a-character-and-numeric-variables/m-p/534187#M146527 PeterClemmensen 2019-02-09T21:57:01Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/What-is-the-default-length-of-a-character-and-numeric-variables/m-p/534189#M146528 <a href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/31304">@PeterClemmensen</a> Could you please answer this question?<BR /><A href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Why-is-the-observation-length-48-in-the-output/m-p/534169" target="_blank">https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Why-is-the-observation-length-48-in-the-output/m-p/534169</A> Sat, 09 Feb 2019 22:00:55 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/What-is-the-default-length-of-a-character-and-numeric-variables/m-p/534189#M146528 mdoddala 2019-02-09T22:00:55Z