13 digit number in sas input

[rajeshm]

data firstdataset;
   input Score  13. Name : $10. (xyz1-xyz3)($1.);
datalines;
123456789012 raje Abc
1234567890123 nbvc Abc
65 aaaaa bbb
95 abdef ccc
;
proc print;run;

as per this code 13 digits has to be read for score varible.
q1: first line score 12 digits only..how it is displaying correct number in dataset? even though shortage of one digit

score has to read 13 digits in third line and it is giving error , i agree. but how come first line successfully ?read?

q2: 13 digit numbers ,how can i export into csv?as it is giving exponenetial numbers? when converting to numbers, those are truncating..

[PaigeMiller · Accepted solution]

The code below works for me. But why do you need a 13 digit numeric? Why numeric, are you going to use it in some numerical way such as adding them up and finding an average? I doubt it. Such identifiers ought to be character, you would make your life much simpler if you made them character.

data firstdataset;
   input Score  13. Name : $10. (xyz1-xyz3)($1.);
   format score best16.;
datalines;
123456789012 raje Abc
1234567890123 nbvc Abc
65 aaaaa bbb
95 abdef ccc
;

[rajeshm]

thanks for quick reply and suggestions.
I learned and worked on sas but still I am not comfortable with types of input methods(list,formatted,fixed) etc. how the compiler/pdv is preforming internally while these...will post another question shortly.