topic Determine length of values of a character variable dynamically in SAS Programming https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Determine-length-of-values-of-a-character-variable-dynamically/m-p/751681#M236662 <P>Hi There,</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I have a character variable with values of different lengths:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>CharVar</STRONG></P> <P>Region One</P> <P>Region Two</P> <P>Region Three</P> <P>......</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I need to dynamically determine the lengths of these values, i.e.:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>length for the first obs is 10</P> <P>length for the second obs is 10</P> <P>length for the third obs is 12</P> <P>etc.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Is there a way to do it?</P> <P>Thank you!</P> Fri, 02 Jul 2021 10:36:46 GMT JasonL 2021-07-02T10:36:46Z Determine length of values of a character variable dynamically https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Determine-length-of-values-of-a-character-variable-dynamically/m-p/751681#M236662 <P>Hi There,</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I have a character variable with values of different lengths:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>CharVar</STRONG></P> <P>Region One</P> <P>Region Two</P> <P>Region Three</P> <P>......</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I need to dynamically determine the lengths of these values, i.e.:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>length for the first obs is 10</P> <P>length for the second obs is 10</P> <P>length for the third obs is 12</P> <P>etc.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Is there a way to do it?</P> <P>Thank you!</P> Fri, 02 Jul 2021 10:36:46 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Determine-length-of-values-of-a-character-variable-dynamically/m-p/751681#M236662 JasonL 2021-07-02T10:36:46Z Re: Determine length of values of a character variable dynamically https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Determine-length-of-values-of-a-character-variable-dynamically/m-p/751687#M236664 <P>Use the LENGTH function</P> <P><A href="https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/9.4_3.5/lefunctionsref/n0f6jve4kdxnh1n1m7c82fhosgih.htm" target="_blank">https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/9.4_3.5/lefunctionsref/n0f6jve4kdxnh1n1m7c82fhosgih.htm</A></P> Fri, 02 Jul 2021 10:47:08 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Determine-length-of-values-of-a-character-variable-dynamically/m-p/751687#M236664 PaigeMiller 2021-07-02T10:47:08Z Re: Determine length of values of a character variable dynamically https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Determine-length-of-values-of-a-character-variable-dynamically/m-p/751755#M236692 Thanks. Fri, 02 Jul 2021 14:47:43 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Determine-length-of-values-of-a-character-variable-dynamically/m-p/751755#M236692 JasonL 2021-07-02T14:47:43Z