Hi,
I have a dataset containing 100 variables, some of which I derived based on the original variables. Due to the abundance of variables, I decided to export the comprehensive dataset into a smaller one comprising approximately 20 variables for streamlined analysis.
Upon attempting to export and import my new dataset file as csv. file , I observed that the format of the newly created variables differs from the original ones.
For example, in the large dataset, Gender is formatted as BEST32. under the column "Informat":
After exporting and importing the smaller dataset, the numeric variables become character and the format and informat columns differ.
How do I prevent this from happening?
Thanks in advance!
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