However, SAS still reported the error: Variable has been defined as both character and numeric when I attempting to change their formats. %macro step1(sourcelib=,source=); proc sql noprint; /*read datasets in a library*/ create table mytables as select * from dictionary.ta...
Return number of non-blank (nonmissing) numeric values NMISS(n1, n2, n3) Return number of blank (missing) numeric values CMISS(n1, n2, n3) Return number of blank (missing) character or numeric values Date and time functions DATEJUL(Julian-date) Convert a julian date to a SAS date DAY(...
Various related functions are illustrated to search numeric and character values in this process. Code is shown with time comparisons. I will discuss possible three ways to retrieve records using in SAS DATA step, PROC SQL and Perl regular expression. Real and CPU time processing issues will be...
All Numeric Data Stored As Character to True Numeric Data Andrea Wainwright-Zimmerman ABSTRACT This is a simple macro that will examine all fields in a SAS® dataset that are stored as character data to see if they contain real character data or if they could be converted to numeric. It...
Using the INPUT function to convert a character date to a SAS dateA SAS date is a numeric value with which you can use date functions and calculations. A SAS date might be formatted so that it contains characters in the display, but it is always stored as a numeric variable....
All these dataset have same column names, but because they are coming from different sources, some of them are numeric where it could be a character in the other one. How can I tell SAS to stack dataset together but tat the same time convert all variables into character? Thanks,...
2.1.1773 Part 4 Section 14.8.2.1, hdrShapeDefaults (Default Properties for VML Objects in Header and Footer) 2.1.1774 Part 4 Section 14.8.2.2, shapeDefaults (Default Properties for VML Objects in Main Document) 2.1.1775 Part 4 Section 14.8.2.5, Additional attributes for writePr...
2.1.1452 Part 1 Section 21.2.2.42, dispBlanksAs (Display Blanks As) 2.1.1453 Part 1 Section 21.2.2.43, dispEq (Display Equation) 2.1.1454 Part 1 Section 21.2.2.44, dispRSqr (Display R Squared Value) 2.1.1455 Part 1 Section 21.2.2.47, dLbl (Data Label) 2.1.1456 Part 1 Sect...
2.1.1773 Part 4 Section 14.8.2.1, hdrShapeDefaults (Default Properties for VML Objects in Header and Footer) 2.1.1774 Part 4 Section 14.8.2.2, shapeDefaults (Default Properties for VML Objects in Main Document) 2.1.1775 Part 4 Section 14.8.2.5, Additional attributes for writeProtection element...
2.1.866 Part 1 Section 18.17.2.4, Functions 2.1.867 Part 1 Section 18.17.2.5, Names 2.1.868 Part 1 Section 18.17.2.6, Types and Values 2.1.869 Part 1 Section 18.17.3, Error values 2.1.870 Part 1 Section 18.17.5.2, Precision 2.1.871 Part 1 Section 18.17.5.4, Interpretation 2.1.872 ...