Date:         Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:52:32 -0500
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From:         "data _null_," <datanull@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: how to avoid truncating off end of variable ADDITIONAL INFO
Comments: To: Randall Powers <POWERS_R@bls.gov>
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If you actually suceeded in changing the length verified with PROC
CONTENTS then perhaps the FORMAT is $13.  SAS is happy display values
exactly as specified you may have created the variable correctly but
are only seeing what is allowed by the format.

Or more likely you have not succeeded in changing the length.

Post some code.



On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 3:32 PM, Randall Powers <POWERS_R@bls.gov> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> NOTE: PLEASE SEE ADDITIONAL INFO IN CAPS BELOW
>
>   I have a previous variable ite. I've successfully created a variable
> itex which uses ite. itex=est||app||substr(ite,11,3); I want the value of
> ite to take in the value of itex.
>
> For examples:
>
> itex
>
> 281D--D0350001A01
> 281D--D0370002A02
>
> When i use:
>
> ite=itex;
>
> ite becomes:
>
> 281D--035000
> 281D--035000
>
> NOTE: VARIABLE ite PREVIOUSLY WAS OF LENGTH 13. THE NEW LENGTH IS 17, BUT
> IT IS BEING TRUNCATED TO 13.
>
> How do I avoid this?
>
> Thanks!
>
> In other words
>