numbers format in import file

[ramonsi2]

*Format number

How Can import a file whit 19 Digit number format field.

Ex: 7086754897126543865

[Tom]

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@ramonsi2 wrote:
*Format number

How Can import a file whit 19 Digit number format field.

Ex: 7086754897126543865

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What do you mean by "IMPORT"?

If the value is in a text file then do not "import' it. Instead READ it from the text file with a data step.

If you have a 19 digit string in a text file then read it as a character variable.  If you try to read it as a number you will "lose" some of the digits.  SAS stores numbers as 64-bit binary floating point values.  You cannot represent 19 digits exactly without some possible values being rounded to a multiple of two because there are not enough bits used for representing the value (the rest of the bits are used to store the magnitude (power of 2).

[Kurt_Bremser]

If this is not a number used in calculations, read it as character.