Re: character to numeric conversion Posted 08-05-2015 11:00 AM (6055 views) | In reply to saspert I would say your options are: create own format use a select() when setup (or if's) 0 Likes Reply data_null__ Jade | Level 19 Re: character to numeric conversion Posted 08...
There remains, however, the danger of data being lost in the conversion process. This type of error is most likely to occur in cases of character-to-numeric variable conversion, most especially when the user does not fully understand the data contained in the data set. This paper will ...
Can be used to convert any format (data value) into numeric format for loading input function is working based on in format Put function: Can be used to convert any data value in to character format it is working based on format technique Syntax: Input (variable name, in format); Put( ...
NUMERIC TO CHARACTER CONVERSION A data error If you accidentally mix numeric and character variables, SAS will convert the data from one type to the other, run the program anyway, and print the values-have-been-converted note as shown in this log: 1 DATA poisons; 2 INFILE 'bugtox.dat';...
Automatic numeric-to-character conversion can cause unexpected results. For example,suppose the original numeric value has fewer than 12 digits. The resulting character value will have leading blanks,which might cause problems when you perform an operation or function. P378、 Note If you specify an...
value labels to be associated to string variables, there is no way to preserve SAS's character formats in a Stata string variable. If your character variables in SAS actually have numericvalues with formats associated with them, then you can ...
61、lue. The numeric variable is written with the BEST12. format and the resulting character value is right-aligned when the conversion occurs. In this example, the value of Phonenumber is converted to character and right-aligned before the SUBSTR function is performed. Since there are only 10...
a. numeric b. character c. can be either character or numeric d. can't tell from the data shown Correct answer: b It must be a character variable, because the values contain letters and underscores, which are not valid characters for numeric values. What type of variable is the variable...
SApectsacharactervalue.ThenumericvariableiswrittenwiththeBEST12.format andtheresultingcharactervalueisright-alignedwhentheconversionoccurs.Inthis example,thevalueofPhonenumberisconvertedtocharacterandright-alignedbeforethe SUBSTRfunctionisperformed.Sincethereareonly10digitsinthevalueof Phonenumber,theright-alignedvalu...
B. DayOfMonth, Year, and MonthOfYear are numeric. C? DayOfMonth and Year are numeric? MonthOfYear is character. D. DayOfMonth, Year, and MonthOfYear are date values. Q 17 Given the following data step: data WORK.GEO; in; input City $20.; if City 二'Tulsa' then State=OK'; ...