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fix: HLO variable label updates, closes #364
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Removed line breaks and reduced label length by moving the information to the core doc site and providing a link instead
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Allan committed Nov 8, 2023
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(given various practical restrictions) are described here to enable
consistency when dealing with format data.
The HLO variable may have a number of values, documented here due to the
256 char label description length limit:
F=Standard format/informat.
H=Range ending value is HIGH.
I=Numeric informat.
J=Justification for an informat.
L=Range starting value is LOW.
M=MultiLabel.
N=Format or informat has no ranges, including no OTHER= range.
O=Range is OTHER.
R=ROUND option is in effect.
S=Specifies that NOTSORTED is in effect.
U=Specifies that the UPCASE option for an informat be used.
**/


%macro mddl_sas_cntlout(libds=WORK.CNTLOUT);

proc sql;
create table &libds(
TYPE char(1) label='Type of format - either N (num fmt), C (char fmt), I (num infmt) or J (char infmt)'
TYPE char(1) label=
'Format Type: either N (num fmt), C (char fmt), I (num infmt) or J (char infmt)'
,FMTNAME char(32) label='Format name'
,FMTROW num label='CALCULATED Position of record by FMTNAME (reqd for multilabel formats)'
,FMTROW num label=
'CALCULATED Position of record by FMTNAME (reqd for multilabel formats)'
,START char(32767) label='Starting value for format'
/*
Keep lengths of START and END the same to avoid this err:
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,NOEDIT num length=3 label='Is picture string noedit?'
,SEXCL char(1) label='Start exclusion'
,EEXCL char(1) label='End exclusion'
,HLO char(13) label='Additional information.
F=Standard format/informat.
H=Range ending value is HIGH.
I=Numeric informat.
J=Justification for an informat.
L=Range starting value is LOW.
M=MultiLabel.
N=Format or informat has no ranges, including no OTHER= range.
O=Range is OTHER.
R=ROUND option is in effect.
S=Specifies that NOTSORTED is in effect.
U=Specifies that the UPCASE option for an informat be used.'
,HLO char(13) label=
'More info: https://core.sasjs.io/mddl__sas__cntlout_8sas_source.html'
,DECSEP char(1) label='Decimal separator'
,DIG3SEP char(1) label='Three-digit separator'
,DATATYPE char(8) label='Date/time/datetime?'
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