Why below two data sets have different outcome? (only difference is different type delimiter) I'm thinking if hght_ft in first pic stop reading at blank and read what left for crown_ft, outcome for crown_ft should be a period since it's miising. (same as pic2) But, indeed, it reads next line for crown_ft. Why this happens??   ... View more

Hi,  I'm a new programmer and I stuck in how to change length of a variable. I read a raw data file with variable in there like "front".  So, I use input $quote7 to get rid of quotation and read the variable as a num. Now, I need to get this char length to be 5 in my proc content procedure. What should I do?   (I also confuse that difference between informal and format. If input statement is a informat, Can attrib can be a format statement? Also, will input statement influence your data? I used to think that informal only influence the way you read data. Once you read and print out your data,  you should get number without quotation, and your length in content table also should be 5 instead of 7. But it's not, Could someone tell me why?) Big thanks!!   ... View more