Returns the length of a variable. More...

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Detailed Description

Uses varlen function to identify the length of a particular variable. Usage:

data test;
   format str $1.  num datetime19.;
   stop;
run;
%put %mf_getVarLen(test,str);
%put %mf_getVarLen(work.test,num);
%put %mf_getVarLen(test,renegade);

returns:

1
8
NOTE: Variable renegade does not exist in test

Parameters

libds	Two part dataset (or view) reference.
var	Variable name for which a length should be returned

Returns

outputs length

Author

Allan Bowe

Version

9.2

Definition in file mf_getvarlen.sas.