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On Mar 5, 8:22 am, Eversmann <rifazraz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Note a good idea to have different lengths for the vars used to
> merge.as pointed out by SAS it could cause erroneous results.
>
> Why not change the length in one input dataset to fit the other (i.e.
> $10 in both).
>
> Or am I not understanding the question correctly?
>
> On Mar 5, 4:12 pm, reddy <mail2ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi All
>
> > i am varying lengths in two datasets and merging them it is giving
> > below warning,I am using mainframes too it is giving warning message
> > client wont accept those warning messages right.... We cant tap and
> > hide the errors please please give me the solution..........
>
> > data q ;
> > length x $1 ;
> > x = "abcdefghij" ;
> > run ;
>
> > data w ;
> > length x $10 ;
> > x = "abcdefghij" ;
> > run ;
>
> > data qw ;
> > merge q w ;
> > by x ;
> > run ;
>
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> > WARNING: Multiple lengths were specified for the BY variable x by
> > input
> > data sets. This may cause unexpected results.
> > NOTE: There were 1 observations read from the data set WORK.Q.
> > NOTE: There were 1 observations read from the data set WORK.W.
> > NOTE: The data set WORK.QW has 1 observations and 1 variables.
> > NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
> > real time 0.00 seconds
> > cpu time 0.00 seconds
>
> > Thnaks& regards,
> > Karunakar
> > mail2ka...@gmail.com- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Thanks for responding dont look about varying length think about
code ..... and requirment is like that we cant make it length 10 to
first dataset.....
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