https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Modified-List-Input/m-p/392408#M277755 <P>Please see the problem in the attached figure. The upleft code produces the upright output and the downleft code produces the downright output.</P><P>The only difference between the first code and the second code is the ampersand.</P><P>Why the width specified in the informat of the modified list input can not control the input? I expect to have the same output for these two pieces of code. But it turned out not. How to explain this?</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="IMG_5582.PNG" style="width: 600px;"><img src="https://communities.sas.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/14772i58002497883D797F/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="IMG_5582.PNG" alt="IMG_5582.PNG" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 01 Sep 2017 02:36:27 GMT honglangwang 2017-09-01T02:36:27Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Modified-List-Input/m-p/392408#M277755 <P>Please see the problem in the attached figure. The upleft code produces the upright output and the downleft code produces the downright output.</P><P>The only difference between the first code and the second code is the ampersand.</P><P>Why the width specified in the informat of the modified list input can not control the input? I expect to have the same output for these two pieces of code. But it turned out not. How to explain this?</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="IMG_5582.PNG" style="width: 600px;"><img src="https://communities.sas.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/14772i58002497883D797F/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="IMG_5582.PNG" alt="IMG_5582.PNG" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 01 Sep 2017 02:36:27 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Modified-List-Input/m-p/392408#M277755 honglangwang 2017-09-01T02:36:27Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Modified-List-Input/m-p/392413#M277756 <P>I think your answer is in the following statement from the documentation:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>In modified list input SAS&nbsp;<SPAN>uses the value of w in an informat to specify the length of previously undefined character variables.</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN>However, in your examples, the both variables were pre-defined.</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN>Art, CEO, AnalystFinder.com</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 01 Sep 2017 03:36:59 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Modified-List-Input/m-p/392413#M277756 art297 2017-09-01T03:36:59Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Modified-List-Input/m-p/392416#M277757 Thanks so much, Art! This is exactly what I am looking for! Fri, 01 Sep 2017 04:00:52 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Modified-List-Input/m-p/392416#M277757 honglangwang 2017-09-01T04:00:52Z