Date:         Fri, 15 Mar 2002 10:40:33 +0100
Reply-To:     Jim Groeneveld <J.Groeneveld@ITGROUPS.COM>
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From:         Jim Groeneveld <J.Groeneveld@ITGROUPS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Record Length
Comments: To: Thomas Allen Schmitt <schmitta@CSD.UWM.EDU>
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Hi Tom,

Maybe the file out is open by another program. Check it.

An advice on your multitude of IF statements: make them all ELSE IF, except
for the first one of course. Even better replace all 66 of them by the
single
PUT @(1+(t-1)*10) var @;

Regards - Jim.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Allen Schmitt [SMTP:schmitta@CSD.UWM.EDU]
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 9:43 PM
> To:   SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject:      Record Length
>
> I'm tying to change the record length so I can read the variables across.
> I get the warning at the end of the file and it
> does not change the record length.  Any suggestions for the placement of
> the logical record length option.  I also tried the
> LINESIZE option but that didn't work at all.  I'm not very clear on how to
> use each or the difference between the two.
>
> Tom
>
>
>
>
>
> do i = 1 to 2;
>  do t = 1 to 66;
>   do z = 1 to 30;
>    */ calculations for var /*;
>    end;
> file 'out' lrecl = 800;
>   if t = 1 then put @1 var @;
>   if t = 2 then put @11 var @;
>   if t = 3 then put @21 var @;
>   if t = 4 then put @31 var @;
>   if t = 5 then put @41 var @;
>   if t = 6 then put @51 var @;
>   if t = 7 then put @61 var @;
>   if t = 8 then put @71 var @;
>   if t = 9 then put @81 var @;
>   if t = 10 then put @91 var @;
>   if t = 11 then put @101 var @;
>   if t = 12 then put @111 var @;
>   if t = 13 then put @121 var @;
>   if t = 14 then put @131 var @;
>   if t = 15 then put @141 var @;
>   if t = 16 then put @151 var @;
>   if t = 17 then put @161 var @;
>   if t = 18 then put @171 var @;
>   if t = 19 then put @181 var @;
>   if t = 20 then put @191 var @;
>   if t = 21 then put @201 var @;
>   if t = 22 then put @211 var @;
>   if t = 23 then put @221 var @;
>   if t = 24 then put @231 var @;
>   if t = 25 then put @241 var @;
>   if t = 26 then put @251 var @;
>   if t = 27 then put @261 var @;
>   if t = 28 then put @271 var @;
>   if t = 29 then put @281 var @;
>   if t = 30 then put @291 var @;
>   if t = 31 then put @301 var @;
>   if t = 32 then put @311 var @;
>   if t = 33 then put @321 var @;
>   if t = 34 then put @331 var @;
>   if t = 35 then put @341 var @;
>   if t = 36 then put @351 var @;
>   if t = 37 then put @361 var @;
>   if t = 38 then put @371 var @;
>   if t = 39 then put @381 var @;
>   if t = 40 then put @391 var @;
>   if t = 41 then put @401 var @;
>   if t = 42 then put @411 var @;
>   if t = 43 then put @421 var @;
>   if t = 44 then put @431 var @;
>   if t = 45 then put @441 var @;
>   if t = 46 then put @451 var @;
>   if t = 47 then put @461 var @;
>   if t = 48 then put @471 var @;
>   if t = 49 then put @481 var @;
>   if t = 50 then put @491 var @;
>   if t = 51 then put @501 var @;
>   if t = 52 then put @511 var @;
>   if t = 53 then put @521 var @;
>   if t = 54 then put @531 var @;
>   if t = 55 then put @541 var @;
>   if t = 56 then put @551 var @;
>   if t = 57 then put @561 var @;
>   if t = 58 then put @571 var @;
>   if t = 59 then put @581 var @;
>   if t = 60 then put @591 var @;
>   if t = 61 then put @601 var @;
>   if t = 62 then put @611 var @;
>   if t = 63 then put @621 var @;
>   if t = 64 then put @631 var @;
>   if t = 65 then put @641 var @;
>   if t = 66 then put @651 var @;
>  end;
> put;
> end;
> run
>
>
>
> WARNING: File out already open; new options ignored.
>
>
>
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