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Hi,
how to find the lenght of each record for variable file
say
123445678
123467
1234

i want th record count and byte count for this variable length file in SAS.pls help

Getting the record count is trivial using the END option of INFILE.

variable labels to files;
do i=1 to n;
labpos=pos(i)+floor((lens(i)-

length(left(varlabel(dsid,i))))/2);

rc=fpos(fid1,labpos);rc=fpos(fid2,labpos);

rc=fput(fid1, varlabel(dsid,i));
rc=fput(fid2, varlabel(dsid,i));
end;
rc=fwrite(fid1,’0’); rc=fwrite(fid2,’0’);
do i=1 to n;
rc=fpos(fid1,pos(i));rc=fpos(fid2,pos(i));
rc=fput(fid1, repeat(’-’,lens(i)-1));
rc=fput(fid2, repeat(’-’,lens(i)-1));
end;
rc=fappend(fid1); rc=fappend(fid2);