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When creating a character informat from a control data set, PROC FORMAT
ignores the 7th and/or 8th characters of the informat name stored in the
FMTNAME column of the control data set.

In the following example, the informat name will be truncated to
ABCDEFHI.

   data infmt;
     fmtname='$abcdefghi';
     type='J';
     start='1';
     label='YES';
   run;

   proc format cntlin=infmt fmtlib;
   run;

The circumvention to the problem when creating the control data set with
data step code, is to make sure the informat name is preceded by an '@'.
The '@' indicates an informat.

   fmtname='@$abcdefghi';

In this example, the informat name is truncated to ABCDEFI.

   proc format cntlout=outinfmt;
     invalue $abcdefghi '1'='NO';
   run;

   proc format cntlin=outinfmt fmtlib;
   run;

The circumvention to the problem when using a control data set created
by the CNTLOUT= option, is to append the '@' using a data step prior to
PROC FORMAT CNTLIN=.

   data outinfmt;
     set outinfmt;
     if type='J' and fmtname ^=: '@$' then do;
        if fmtname=:'$' then fmtname='@'||fmtname;
        else if fmtname=:'@' then fmtname='@$'||substr(fmtname,2);
        else fmtname='@$'||fmtname;
     end;
   run;


A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) for this issue is available at:

http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_sbcs_prod_list.html#013406

For customers running SAS with Asian Language Support (DBCS), this
fix should be downloaded from:

http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_dbcs_prod_list.html#013406

Operating System and Release Information

A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) for this issue is available at:

A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) with Asian Language Support (DBCS) for this issue is available at :