Date:         Fri, 26 Apr 1996 18:58:11 GMT
Reply-To:     stow@SKYFOX.USASK.CA
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         stow@SKYFOX.USASK.CA
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Subject:      Integers less than 8 bytes?

I have several large data sets that could be dramatically reduced in size
if only I could use integers that only take one or two bytes in the data sets.
 
What kind of performance penalty do I pay if I try to work around this by
doing something like...
 
proc format;
   value ShortInt (fuzz=0)
   0 = 0;
   1 = 1;
   2 = 2;
   etc
   99 = 99;
run;
 
 
ShortInt variable should ideally now only take up a single byte in the
data set - but at what price as far as speed goes?
 
 
Frustratedly yours,
 
Rob