Data Set Name:
|
CERT.INSURE
|
Member Type:
|
DATA
|
Engine:
|
V9
|
Created:
|
07/03/2018 10:53:05
|
Observations:
|
21
|
Variables:
|
7
|
Indexes:
|
0
|
Observation Length:
|
64
|
Variable Attribute
|
Definition
|
Example
|
Possible Values
|
---|---|---|---|
Name
|
identifies a variable.
A variable name must conform to SAS naming rules.
See Rules for SAS Names for SAS names
rules.
|
Policy
Total
Name
|
Any valid SAS name.
|
Type
|
identifies a variable
as numeric or character. Character variables can contain any values.
Numeric variables can contain only numeric values (the numerals 0
through 9, +, -, ., and E for scientific notation).
|
Char
Num
Char
|
Numeric and character
|
Length
|
refers to the number
of bytes used to store each of the variable's values in a SAS
data set. Character variables can be up to 32,767 bytes long. All
numeric variables have a default length of 8 bytes. Numeric values
are stored as floating-point numbers in 8 bytes of storage.
|
5
8
14
|
2 to 8 bytes
1 to 32,767 bytes for
character
|
Format
|
affects how data values
are written. Formats do not change the stored value in any way; they
merely control how that value is displayed. SAS offers a variety of
character, numeric, and date and time formats.
|
$98.64
|
Any SAS format
If no format is specified,
the default format is
BEST12 . for a
numeric variable, and $w. for a character
variable.
|
Informat
|
reads data values in
certain forms into standard SAS values. Informats determine how data
values are read into a SAS data set. You must use informats to read
numeric values that contain letters or other special characters.
|
99
|
Any SAS informat
The default informat
for numeric is
w.d and for character
is $w. |
Label
|
refers to a descriptive
label up to 256 characters long. A variable label, which can be printed
by some SAS procedures, is useful in report writing.
|
Policy Number
Total Balance
Patient Name
|
Up to 256 characters
|
MUTUALITY
is
a data value, Policy 32668
is a data
value, and so on.
2458
, Murray
W
, 32668
, MUTALITY
, 100
, 98.64
,
and 0.00
are comprised in a single
observation in the data set shown below.
2458
, 2462
, 2501
,
and 2523
are comprised in the variable
ID in the data set shown below.