I need to create an empty dataset but without the uninitialized issue that shows in the log. I have tried the following data SHELL; format FirstName LastName $200.; stop; run; and this data SHELL; length FirstName LastName $200; stop; run; Unfortunately I am still getting uninitialized in my log. I would like to try to avoid this as I would be doing this for about +- 30 variables every time. data SHELL; length FirstName LastName $200; FirstName = ""; LastName = ""; run; Help with this would be appreciated.
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