whatever u have said holds true for character variable, but for the numeric it is not following the same pattern, could you make it clear what happens in case of numeric variables?
why this program fails?
data samp ;
input id date $:10. age 2.;
cards;
102 12/11/198312
103 12/11/198914
;
run;
When you use the colon SAS uses LIST input which scans the record until the delimeter is found. The blank in this case. So even though you specify $10. the input still scans until the delimiter is found in column 17 and the pointer is position at col=18 for the next read. You have age 2. (formatted input) now but you are passed the spot where you need to be. Also $10. defines the length of date which truncates the 2 extra characters in the blank delimited field.
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