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KoiSAS
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Calcite | Level 5

"DLen" in SAS System Viewer

Posted 05-02-2013 01:36 PM (2056 views)


Hi,

Some of our clients use SAS System Viewer to examine transport files. What is the meaning of the column DLen?

Thanks,

Laura

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Re: "DLen" in SAS System Viewer

Posted 05-02-2013 02:19 PM (1670 views)  |   In reply to KoiSAS

LENGTH is the storage length of the internal value.  DLen is the length of the formatted value.

So normally a numeric variable will have LENGTH=8.  If the FORMAT is set to F12. then the display length would be 12.

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