SAS Temporary array

[cons]

Hi everbody,

I have a question.

Is

Array vec1{10} $25. _TEMPORARY_;

ok? The array elements should have the length 25.

Bye, cons

[RahulG]

Yes it is correct. Array of 10 character element whose length would be 25.

[Ksharp]

No DOT 

Array vec1{10} $ 25  _TEMPORARY_;

[RahulG]

Hi Ksharp,

You may be correct, but it also works with DOT.

Regards

Rahul

[ballardw]

The $ 25 is saying character Length 25. So the period gets interpreted as a decimal in $ 25. and Length ignores decimal values. If you use Length x $ 25.3 the variable will have a length of 25.

[PGStats]

So @RahulG, @cons, what's the problem?