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String variable widths triple after saving and reopening IBM SPSS Statistics data file

Troubleshooting


Problem

I am using IBM SPSS Statistics. I have a string variable with a width of 8. However after I saved and reopened the file, the string width was now 24. What is happening?

Symptom

string widths triple in size after saving data file

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Modified date:
16 April 2020

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