• <GetStart>
  • CSPro User's Guide
    • The CSPro System
    • Data Dictionary Module
      • Introduction to Data Dictionary
      • Organization
      • Dictionary Concepts
        • General
        • Levels
        • Records
        • Items
          • Item Description
          • Identification Items
          • Subitems
          • Item Properties
          • Starting Position
          • Length
          • Data Type
          • Binary Dictionary Items
          • Occurrences
          • Decimal Places
          • Decimal Character
          • Zero Fill
        • Value Sets
        • Values
        • Relations
      • Data Dictionary Application
      • How to ...
    • The CSPro Language
    • Data Entry Module
    • Batch Editing Applications
    • Tabulation Applications
    • Data Sources
    • CSPro Statements and Functions
    • Templated Reporting System
    • HTML and JavaScript Integration
    • Action Invoker
    • Appendix
  • <CSEntry>
  • <CSBatch>
  • <CSTab>
  • <DataViewer>
  • <TextView>
  • <TblView>
  • <CSFreq>
  • <CSDeploy>
  • <CSPack>
  • <CSDiff>
  • <CSConcat>
  • <Excel2CSPro>
  • <CSExport>
  • <CSIndex>
  • <CSReFmt>
  • <CSSort>
  • <ParadataConcat>
  • <ParadataViewer>
  • <CSCode>
  • <CSDocument>
  • <CSView>
  • <CSWeb>

Length

This item property indicates the total length of the data item (i.e., the number of characters necessary to represent the values for the item). In conjunction with the Start property, it specifies the location of the item in a record. In absolute positioning mode, you cannot give a length that will cause the item to overlap with another item.
The maximum length of a numeric item is 15 digits. The maximum length of an alpha item is 255 characters.
See also: Item Properties