topic &quot;DLen&quot; in SAS System Viewer in SAS Programming https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/quot-DLen-quot-in-SAS-System-Viewer/m-p/128137#M26179 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><BR />Hi,</P><P></P><P>Some of our clients use SAS System Viewer to examine transport files. What is the meaning of the column DLen?</P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Laura</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 May 2013 17:36:35 GMT KoiSAS 2013-05-02T17:36:35Z "DLen" in SAS System Viewer https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/quot-DLen-quot-in-SAS-System-Viewer/m-p/128137#M26179 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><BR />Hi,</P><P></P><P>Some of our clients use SAS System Viewer to examine transport files. What is the meaning of the column DLen?</P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Laura</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 May 2013 17:36:35 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/quot-DLen-quot-in-SAS-System-Viewer/m-p/128137#M26179 KoiSAS 2013-05-02T17:36:35Z Re: "DLen" in SAS System Viewer https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/quot-DLen-quot-in-SAS-System-Viewer/m-p/128138#M26180 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>LENGTH is the storage length of the internal value.&nbsp; DLen is the length of the formatted value.</P><P>So normally a numeric variable will have LENGTH=8.&nbsp; If the FORMAT is set to F12. then the display length would be 12.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 May 2013 18:19:50 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/quot-DLen-quot-in-SAS-System-Viewer/m-p/128138#M26180 Tom 2013-05-02T18:19:50Z