Use a LENGTH statement to avoid truncating character values while reading data from the raw data file referenced by the fileref Invent2.

Creating HTML output? Read this first. Create Perm.Stock2 from the file referenced by the fileref Invent2. Notice that some of the authors' names are longer than eight characters. Use the PRINT procedure to display the data set. Return here and select Next.

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