Hi,
I am having problems creating a new SAS dataset. Here is my code:
data cars6;
infile DATALINES DLM="," ;
input category $ category_desc $ ;
CARDS;
A00,This group will go inside
Y83,This group will go to the outside yard and have a snack at lunch
;
run;
PROC PRINT DATA=cars6(OBS=5);
RUN;
proc contents data = cars6;run;
I want the output to be two columns, exactly how I entered the data. However, when proc contents has set both variables set to length 8. So my variables are being truncated.
I'm feeling frustrated because I already put in a deliminater of a comma.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks.
The default length for a character variable is 8, so that is what you experience. You can force a larger length in the INPUT statement like this:
input category $ category_desc :$50.;
The default length for a character variable is 8, so that is what you experience. You can force a larger length in the INPUT statement like this:
input category $ category_desc :$50.;
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