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SAS Temporary array

cons — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 08:33:01 GMT

Hi everbody,

I have a question.

Array vec1{10} $25. _TEMPORARY_;

ok? The array elements should have the length 25.

Bye, cons

Re: SAS Temporary array

RahulG — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 08:58:21 GMT

Yes it is correct. Array of 10 character element whose length would be 25.

Re: SAS Temporary array

Ksharp — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 08:59:42 GMT

No DOT

Array vec1{10} $ 25 _TEMPORARY_;

Re: SAS Temporary array

RahulG — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 09:04:14 GMT

Hi Ksharp,

You may be correct, but it also works with DOT.

Regards

Rahul

Re: SAS Temporary array

ballardw — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:50:37 GMT

The $ 25 is saying character Length 25. So the period gets interpreted as a decimal in $ 25. and Length ignores decimal values. If you use Length x $ 25.3 the variable will have a length of 25.

Re: SAS Temporary array

PGStats — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:59:07 GMT

So @RahulG, @cons, what's the problem?