Specifies the number of bytes SAS uses to store numeric variables.
| Valid in: | a DATA step |
| Windows specifics: | Valid numeric variable lengths; valid values for length; valid values for n |
| See: | LENGTH Statement in SAS Statements: Reference |
specifies one or more variables that are to be assigned a length. This includes any variables in the DATA step, including those dropped from the output data set.
specifies that the preceding variables are character variables.
Under Windows, can range from 3 to 8 bytes for numeric variables.
changes the default number of bytes used for storing the values of newly created numeric variables from 8 to the value of n. Under Windows, the value of n can range from 3 to 8 bytes.