data gggggggggggggggggggggggggg_yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy ;
set sashelp.class ;
run;
if i run above program i am getting error so how keep 32 characters length.
kindly help me.
Because that is a hard limit in SAS. Read the documentation.
Put the intended long names into labels and keep the actual names <=32 characters long.
data test(label='This dataset label could be up to 256 characters long!');
a=1;
label a='This variable label could be up to 256 characters long!';
run;
proc contents data=test;
run;
think about it before you make the file names, make that mean something rather than tell a story.
In the years past you only got a length of 8.
what are you going to do when 256 length is not enough
Sloppy kids.
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