Date:         Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:55:46 -0800
Reply-To:     "Richard A. DeVenezia" <rdevenezia@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         "Richard A. DeVenezia" <rdevenezia@GMAIL.COM>
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Subject:      Re: proc format.
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On Mar 11, 5:20 am, Ching <kcwo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone.
>
> May I please ask why only raceF but not ethnicityF can be loaded to my
> 'e' dataset? Somehow only format name less than 8 letters can be
> loaded. I tried shortening ethnicityF to ethniciF then it would be
> fine. What should I do so I can use ethnicityF(also longer format
> name) rather than raceF?
>
> proc format;
> value ethnicityF 1='Chinese' 2='European' 3='Indian';
> value raceF 1='Chinese' 2='European' 3='Indian';
> run;
> data e;
> format eth ethnicityF.;
> input id eth @@;
> datalines;
> 1 1 2 2 3 3
> ;
> run;
>
> Many thanks in advance.
> Have a great weekend.

What version of SAS are you using ?
Earlier versions limited the length of format names to eight
characters.

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Richard A. DeVenezia
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