Date:         Wed, 16 Feb 2000 19:43:07 GMT
Reply-To:     Stan Wheeler <swheeler@MY-DEJA.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Stan Wheeler <swheeler@MY-DEJA.COM>
Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy.
Subject:      Re: Can names of variable exceed 8 in version 8?

In article <88ejok$fmv$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  Yu Zhang <yxz11@my-deja.com> wrote:
> I'm very interested to know if variable names can exceed 8 characters
> in SAS version 8? If not what's the reason to do so?
>
> Thanks.
>
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> Before you buy.
>
Yes, long names are acceptable. The system also tracks the case of
variable names. So, for example, if a variable is introduced with  name
TimeOfDeath all reports will print the variable name as TimeOfDeath.
Otherwise, since this is SAS, cases of variable names are ignored.

Stan


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