https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Studio/Changing-the-length-of-a-character-variable-in-a-data-input/m-p/480107#M5939 <P>Thank you so much!</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I never would have thought of this approach on my own. Was trying to do this with a length statement and format / informat statements.</P> Sat, 21 Jul 2018 00:51:25 GMT ChristosK 2018-07-21T00:51:25Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Studio/Changing-the-length-of-a-character-variable-in-a-data-input/m-p/480104#M5937 <P>I have values within some character variables that are longer than 8, which is the default.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>How do I lengthen these values so that the data input step &nbsp;can read these in?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>data Concordance_MAP;<BR />input DV $ IV $ CC LCL UCL ;<BR />datalines;<BR />BI_A_MAP BI_LA_MAP 0.5813 0.4376 0.696</P><P>etc.....</P><P>;<BR />run;</P> Fri, 20 Jul 2018 23:51:18 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Studio/Changing-the-length-of-a-character-variable-in-a-data-input/m-p/480104#M5937 ChristosK 2018-07-20T23:51:18Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Studio/Changing-the-length-of-a-character-variable-in-a-data-input/m-p/480105#M5938 <P>like this?</P><PRE><CODE class=" language-sas">data Concordance_MAP; input DV : $15. IV : $15. CC LCL UCL ; datalines; BI_A_MAP BI_LA_MAP 0.5813 0.4376 0.696 ; run;</CODE></PRE> Fri, 20 Jul 2018 23:54:40 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Studio/Changing-the-length-of-a-character-variable-in-a-data-input/m-p/480105#M5938 novinosrin 2018-07-20T23:54:40Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Studio/Changing-the-length-of-a-character-variable-in-a-data-input/m-p/480107#M5939 <P>Thank you so much!</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I never would have thought of this approach on my own. Was trying to do this with a length statement and format / informat statements.</P> Sat, 21 Jul 2018 00:51:25 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Studio/Changing-the-length-of-a-character-variable-in-a-data-input/m-p/480107#M5939 ChristosK 2018-07-21T00:51:25Z