substr(var,num1,num2)与length

 

data OK1;
set OK;
length inex inex1 $200.;
c1=strip(COL1)||";"||strip(COL2);
INEX=substr(c1,1,200);
INEX1=substr(c1,201,400);
keep USUBJID  c1  inex inex1 ;
run;
/报错：invaild third argument to function substr at 6:7/

data OK1;
set OK;
length inex inex1 $200. c1 $2000.;
c1=strip(COL1)||";"||strip(COL2);
INEX=substr(c1,1,200);
INEX1=substr(c1,201,400);
keep USUBJID  c1  inex inex1 ;
run;
/成功运行/


原因：c1被默认为长度200，而不能再更长截取。