Specifies how many bytes SAS uses to store a variable's value.
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in a DATA step
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z/OS specifics: |
length of numeric variables
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See: |
LENGTH Statement in
SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
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LENGTH variables <$> length . . . <DEFAULT=n>;
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Note: This syntax is a simplified version of the LENGTH
statement syntax; see
SAS Language Reference: Dictionary for the complete syntax and its explanation. ![[cautionend]](../../../../common/63294/HTML/default/images/cautend.gif)
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length
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can range from 2 to 8 for numeric variables
and from 1 to 32,767 for character variables.
Note: The minimum value
for length for a numeric value might be greater
than 2 when you create a SAS data set that is written in a data representation
other than the native data representation for SAS on z/OS. ![[cautionend]](../../../../common/63294/HTML/default/images/cautend.gif)
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n
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changes from 8 to n the default
number of bytes that SAS uses for storing the values of newly created numeric
variables. Under z/OS, n can range from 2 to
8.
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