Re: PROC CONVERT spss. Too long variable names from SPSS to SAS #2
Now this makes since, its an SPSS thing and not SAS. I know SAS can handle lnames longer than 8 characters in length, and a quick check of the help docs shouwed nothing that would indicate otherwise when using Proc Convert. Good thing to know. Toby -----Original Message----- From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Neerav Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 10:01 AM To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Re: PROC CONVERT spss. Too long variable names from SPSS to SAS Anders, I have also had the same problem converting SPSS to SAS with the variable names being truncated. The only solution I could find is by renaming the variables manually to names 8 characters long, then importing it and renaming it into SAS. I believe that SPSS automatically truncates the variable names to 8 characters when creating portable files, its something to check out and thats where the problem is. Also, you should make sure your SPSS datafile does not have any 'user defined' missing values (e.g. -1=N/A) as SAS will read all missing values as system missing "." and you will lose those definitions. Hope this helps. Neerav
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With the later versions SPSS can now handle longer variable names. Not
sure which version, maybe 12.0, started with that, but I do know that
12.0.2 Help says, "The length of a names cannot exceed 64 bytes.
Sixty-four bits typically means 64 characters in single-byte languages
(for example, English, .....) and 32 characters in double-byte languages
(for example, Japanese, Chinese, Korean)."
HTH,
Necia A. Black, Ph.D. e-mail: black@buffalo.edu
246 Computing Center Web URL:http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~black
SUNY-Buffalo FAX: (716) 645-3734
Buffalo, New York 14260 Phone: (716) 645-3572
On 1 Dec 2004, Dunn, Toby wrote:
> Now this makes since, its an SPSS thing and not SAS. I know SAS can
> handle lnames longer than 8 characters in length, and a quick check of
> the help docs shouwed nothing that would indicate otherwise when using
> Proc Convert.
>
> Good thing to know.
>
> Toby
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Neerav
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 10:01 AM
> To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: PROC CONVERT spss. Too long variable names from SPSS to SAS
>
>
> Anders,
> I have also had the same problem converting SPSS to SAS with the
> variable names being truncated. The only solution I could find is by
> renaming the variables manually to names 8 characters long, then
> importing it and renaming it into SAS. I believe that SPSS automatically
> truncates the variable names to 8 characters when creating portable
> files, its something to check out and thats where the problem is.
>
> Also, you should make sure your SPSS datafile does not have any 'user
> defined' missing values (e.g. -1=N/A) as SAS will read all missing
> values as system missing "." and you will lose those definitions. Hope
> this helps.
>
> Neerav
>
>
black5767
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Wow, that was a leap. Better not use Apache or PHP then. Andy >-----Original Message----- >From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On >Behalf Of ben.powell@CLA.CO.UK >Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 10:37 AM >To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU >Subject: Re: R vs. SAS (was Replacement for SAS (SPSS vs. SAS, redux)) > >Sounds like R is the SAS equivalent of Linux .. who are >incidentally in all >sorts of a copy left/right mess at the moment. > >On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 09:39:37 -0500, Peter Flom <flom@NDRI.ORG> wrote: > >>I use both SAS a...
Re: SAS 8.2 to SAS 9.1 libname convertion #2
I am able to read Access 2000 tables using SAS 9.1.3, with syntax modeled on yours. Try proc contents data=bb._all_; run; to see what tables and views are detected. On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 13:51:40 -0700, DC <chendlcan@YAHOO.COM> wrote: >Hi All, > >my codes created on SAS 8.2 does not work on SAS 9.1? >Anyone knows how to convert the below code to SAS 9.1? >Thanks a lot! > >SAS 8.2: >libname bb dbaccess 'x:\a\b\c\d.mdb' bbb='asdfgh >zxcvbn'; >libname cc dbaccess 'x:\a\b\c\d.mdb' ccc='asd zxc'; > >proc sql; > cre...
Re: Converting Macro Variable to a SAS Dataset Variable #2
Sounds like you should address this at the step where you create the macro variable; instead of creating a macro variable, create a dataset (or a dataset variable). (I assume this is related to your other query, which indicates that you create this macro variable in PROC SQL). Can you post some code and sample data for how you arrive at &p1 in the first place? -Joe On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Siddharth Jain <sjain@aveopharma.com>wrote: > If I have a macro variable p1 where %put <<p1>>; results in <<p1>> > 01,02,03,06 > > > How do I br...
Re: convert SPSS to SAS
Darren see inyour work normaly you have a format catalog then to open your newfilename sas table (probably no more in the work) you must before submit this options fmtsearch=(work.formats); did this solve your problem or was this message a message of proc import? Andre darren Brust a �crit : > I used the following code to convert SPSS file to SAS dataset > > PROC IMPORT DATAFILE='temp.sav' > OUT=work.newfilename > DBMS=SAV replace; > RUN; > > but I cannot get the formats loaded. > > the error message: 'ERROR: The format D27B was not found or could...
Re: SAS 9.2: PROC MEANS with Character Variables #2
that makes not much sense: VAR should be reserved for numeric variables to calculate statistics. Simply leave that statement off and leave only output out=x; in. Gerhard On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 08:33:35 -0700, Paige Miller <paige.miller@KODAK.COM> wrote: >On Sep 3, 10:47 am, jcl...@HILLTOP.UMBC.EDU (Jack Clark) wrote: > >> I think the doc is talking about all the variables in the data set, not >> the variables on the VAR statement. > >No. This doesn't work on data sets where all the variables are >character. > >> When I need to see the distribut...
Re: SAS 9.1.2 difference from SAS 8.2 Proc import from MS Access
Hi, We are having the same problems. We have some macros that are srewed up. Is there a way to configure SAS 9 so that it can use version 8 values when importing from MS access? Thanks very much. wz ...
Re: urgent : Convert SAS array in to sas variables
Shailesh, Why would you want to do what you ask? What you are asking would create the variable for all observations, but the variables' values would be missing values for every observation except the one on which it is based. Art ----- On Sat, 3 May 2008 23:34:44 -0700, Shailesh <shailesh.tewari@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >In my dataset I have an array variable , say A which has values like >Observation 1 - A[1]= 23 ,A[2]=34, A[3]=45 >Observation 2 - A[11]= 23 ,A[12]=34, A[13]=45 > >I want to create sas variables which should have name A61, A62 , A63, >A64 .......... >...