In many computing environments,
data storage space is a limited resource. Therefore, it might be more
important for you to conserve data storage space than to conserve
other resources.
When you store your
data in a SAS data file, you use the sum of the data storage space
that is required for the following:
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the observations (data portion)
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In this chapter you
learn to use a variety of techniques for minimizing the amount of
space that your SAS data files occupy.