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CC13
Calcite | Level 5

Hi all,

 

I used proc append to add observations from one sas data set to the end of another sas data set. However, I noticed the size of new dataset is much bigger than the sum of three adding data sets. I thought the size should be around the sum of three. Is there something wrong with the code?

 

 

data d.rat15to17; set d.rat15; run;
proc append base=d.rat15to17 data=d.rat16; run;
proc append base=d.srat15to17 data=d.rat17; run;

 

Thanks,

Chloe

 

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PeterClemmensen
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A difficult question to answer without knowing the data. 

 

Are the variable lengths equal? Are any of the data sets compressed?

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PeterClemmensen
Super User

A difficult question to answer without knowing the data. 

 

Are the variable lengths equal? Are any of the data sets compressed?

CC13
Calcite | Level 5
Thank you for the answers!

The variable lengths are different and I checked I didn't compress the data in the new files which caused the size difference.

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