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Date:         Fri, 28 Jul 2006 14:29:27 +0200
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From:         Staffan Lindberg <staffan.lindberg@anastat.se>
Subject:      SV: Variable length to maximum
Comments: To: Manmit Shrimali <MShrimali@marketrx.com>
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You can do this with the FORMAT statement, i.e.

FORMAT VARNUM (F40.0).
FORMAT VARSTRING (A255).

best

Staffan Lindberg
National Institute of Public Health
Sweden

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Ämne: Variable length to maximum


This is rather very simple question. However, after lot of research I still
could not find the answer. Can please anyone provide me syntax for setting
the variable length to maximum i.e numeric to 40 and string to 255.



Right now I have to manually go in width column of variable view and set it
to maximum. I have to set it to maximum as when I have wave 2 data to merge,
the length should be the same.



Thanks in advance.