Date:         Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:10:09 +0100
Reply-To:     J Sutar <jsutar@gmail.com>
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         J Sutar <jsutar@gmail.com>
Subject:      Converting long strings
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Why does the following syntax only pick up the first 16 character of the
string variable when attempting to convert it to a numeric?


NEW FILE.
DATA LIST LIST/ v1(A25).
BEGIN DATA.
1
12
123
1234
12345
123456
1234567
12345678
123456789
1234567890
12345678901
123456789012
1234567890123
12345678901234
123456789012345
1234567890123456
12345678901234567
123456789012345678
1234567890123456789
12345678901234567890
123456789012345678921
1234567890123456789212
END DATA.

STRING newvar(A99).
COMPUTE newvar=LTRIM(RTRIM(v1)).
COMPUTE newvar2 =NUMBER (newvar, F36.0).
EXE.

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