I ran this code:   data dir.ENGBase; length s2_disability_0_5_other $38; set dir.E1; run;   Goal is to change the length of s2_disability_0_5_other from a length of 7  in the set dir.E1 to 38 characters in the set dir.ENGBase.    When I run the code above, the length doesn’t change in the new dataset ENGBase. It still shows as length 7   Can you help me understand what I’m doing wrong?    I have a long list of char variables in E1 whose length I need to increase in the output ENGBase to accommodate a future append of multiple datasets max lengths. I already determined what the max length needs to be in the first dataset so that no truncation happens.    Any suggestions on how to get the lengths to increase in the base dataset?   I tried it with and without the "." after the length number 38.  Neither worked. ... View more