assign a value

anming — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 19:18:58 GMT

data work.retail;
cost = (20000);
total = .10 * cost;
run;

to assign a value to cost, 20000 or (20000) both work. "20000" or '20000' also work but a log note shows that a char is changed to a numeric value.

Re: assign a value

Reeza — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 19:28:08 GMT

Yes, because a value in quotes is considered a character value so SAS converts it to a number before it can do math on the value.

@anming wrote:
data work.retail;
cost = (20000);
total = .10 * cost;
run;
to assign a value to cost, 20000 or (20000) both work. "20000" or '20000' also work but a log note shows that a char is changed to a numeric value.

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