Hi everyone! Can someone help me with this question? I took a practice SAS exam a couple days ago and there was this question that is absolutely driving me insane. The question was about using a length statement before the merge statement. I have always thought that if you add the length statement before the merge then the length statement chooses the length of the column. However, I got the answer wrong because apparently SAS uses the first table in the merge statement to choose the length and not the length statement even though it was written before. I feel like I am missing something here. Can someone help?