Subject ID input via $INPUT and output via $TABLE

Dear NONMEM Community I have a data file where the ID's are 8 digit integers. My understanding is that this is ok for $INPUT in NONMEM 7, but apparently the $TABLE truncates the ID's upon output. Can anyone advise as to how to get $TABLE to output all 8 digits of the ID? Thanks... Regards, Michael ------------------------------------------------------------- Michael D. Karol, Ph.D. Senior Director, Clinical Pharmacology Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. 45 Hartwell Ave Lexington, MA 02421 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>

Dear Michael, As you point out the truncation happens only for the output, so the correct identification delimitation was taken into account during the NONMEM process, however postprocessing needs make the output step critical and this truncation undesirable. The way to allow more digits to be reported in outputs is to modify the FORMAT option in $TABLE. The default is s1PE11.4, where 11 is the total number of characters -so if we count the decimal point, the E specifier, the sign and the 2 digit magnitude, 6 of your 8 digits could be reported, but 5 actually are, because of the 1+4 set, specifying digits on each side of the decimal point-. Maybe you could try $TABLE ID ... NOPRINT FORMAT=s1PE13.7, hope it helps. Best regards, Elodie -- Elodie L Plan, Pharm.D, Ph.D Metrum Research Group, LLC 2 Tunxis Road, Suite 112 Tariffville, CT 06081 *(860) 560-3770* *(860) 735-7043*

I think you can specify the format for the output in $TABLE, such as FORMAT=s1PE16.8E3. Kaori *********************** Kaori Ito Ph.D. Pfizer Inc, Pharmacometrics Groton, CT USA ***********************