Ways to abbreviate
lists of variables in function arguments are documented in SAS Language Reference: Concepts. Many functions, including the SUM function, accept
abbreviated lists of variables as arguments.
DEFAULT= option
Information about using
the DEFAULT= option in the LENGTH statement to assign a default storage
length to all newly created numeric variables can be found in SAS Statements: Reference.
Logical expressions
Additional information
about the use of logical expressions can be found in SAS Language Reference: Concepts.
Numeric precision
For a discussion about
numeric precision, see SAS Language Reference: Concepts. Because
the computer's hardware determines how a computer stores numbers,
the precision with which SAS can store numbers depends on the hardware
of the computer system on which it is installed. Specific limits for
hardware are discussed in the SAS documentation for each operating
environment.
Saving space
For information about
how you can save space by treating some numeric values as character
values see Working with Character Variables.