Date:         Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:14:19 -0800
Reply-To:     Dave Andrae <daandrae@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Dave Andrae <daandrae@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: What is $F8. format?
Comments: To: "Huang, Ya" <yhuang@AMYLIN.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <9312B0A3065FA54EAB5A4D399EF96346EB129B@api-exch-1.amylin.com>
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I checked Rick Aster's pocket reference and it says:

"Standard character format. Writes a character unchanged. Alias $ . .
."

HTH,

Dave

--- "Huang, Ya" <yhuang@AMYLIN.COM> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm looking at some old v6 data set (sas/win), some of
> the variables are associated with a format like $f8. and
> informat $f8., they look like regular character var.
> I've never seen this before and neither can I find anything
> from Online doc.
>
> Any idea?
>
> Thanks
>
> Ya Huang


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