Importing variable with long charecter data

[thesasuser]

In the windows machine the files owned by deleted users show a long set of characters foor user name. It will be like

O:S-1-2-3-10 integer grp- 10 ineger grp- 10 integer grp- 3 to 5 integers

( in the posted message the colon appears as an image/ smiley )

When the text /csv file having these values is imported, it becomes three dots (...)

Is there a way to import them so that they appear as they are? 

[Reeza]

Three dots usually means not shown. How are you importing your data and how are you checking it. Make sure the formats are correct. 

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@thesasuser wrote:

In the windows machine the files owned by deleted users show a long set of characters foor user name. It will be like

O:S-1-2-3-10 integer grp- 10 ineger grp- 10 integer grp- 3 to 5 integers

( in the posted message the colon appears as an image)

When the text /csv file having these values is imported, it becomes three dots (...)

Is there a way to import them so that they appear as they are? 

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[thesasuser]

INFORMAT / Format is $50.

[andreas_lds]

Why is an (output-) format attached to the variable? If a format is attached to a char variable only the number of chars named in the format is shown. So: remove it.

[Kurt_Bremser]

To avoid conversion of smileys etc, use the {i} button for posting such items.

And show your code (see my footnotes for hints about posting code).

[thesasuser · Accepted solution]

Thanks You all for the response.

I solved this using a code like this. Inserted a length statement.

data work.temp2;
length long_value $ 100;
input long_value $;
datalines;
O:S.1.5.1234567890-1234567890-1234567890-123456
O:S.1.5-1234567890-1234567890-1234567890-345671
O:S.1.5-1234567890-1234567890-1234567890-1234
O:S.1.5-1234567890-1234567890-1234567890-123433
O:S.1.5-1234567890-1234567890-1234567890-123491
;
run;

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