What is the default length of a character and numeric variables in sas?

[PeterClemmensen · Accepted solution]

The default length for a numeric variable is 8. The length of a character variable is set at the first occurrence of the variable. 

[mdoddala]

@PeterClemmensen Could you please answer this question?
https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Why-is-the-observation-length-48-in-the-output/m-p/53...