Date:         Thu, 4 Oct 2001 12:25:18 -0400
Reply-To:     "Diskin, Dennis" <Dennis.Diskin@PHARMA.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Diskin, Dennis" <Dennis.Diskin@PHARMA.COM>
Subject:      Re: Max # of vars
Comments: To: "Kaskey, Larry" <LKaskey@SEISINT.COM>
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Larry,

Yes, obviously everything has a limit, but what is it ?
On a UNIX SASV6.12 test, the limit is 32767. For those who don't recognize
this, it is the maximum number possible in a 2 byte integer.

hth,
Dennis Diskin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kaskey, Larry [SMTP:LKaskey@SEISINT.COM]
> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 12:13 PM
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> Subject:      Max # of vars
>
> Is there a limit to the number of variables I can read into a SAS dataset?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Larry Kaskey
> ETL Developer
> 561-999-4597
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