https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/How-to-convert-character-to-numeric-with-same-vakue/m-p/554932#M22686 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/209685">@thanikondharish</a>&nbsp;wrote:<BR />Data ex;<BR />Number='2345678934.346283478';<BR />Run;<BR /><BR />How to convert above string character to numeric finally it should be same value with same decimals<HR /></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>This is hardly possible, because of the numeric precision SAS uses. See <A href="https://documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=lrcon&amp;docsetTarget=p0ji1unv6thm0dn1gp4t01a1u0g6.htm&amp;docsetVersion=9.4&amp;locale=de" target="_blank">https://documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=lrcon&amp;docsetTarget=p0ji1unv6thm0dn1gp4t01a1u0g6.htm&amp;docsetVersion=9.4&amp;locale=de</A> for details.</P> Tue, 30 Apr 2019 06:26:26 GMT andreas_lds 2019-04-30T06:26:26Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/How-to-convert-character-to-numeric-with-same-vakue/m-p/554930#M22685 Data ex;<BR />Number='2345678934.346283478';<BR />Run;<BR /><BR />How to convert above string character to numeric finally it should be same value with same decimals Tue, 30 Apr 2019 06:13:39 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/How-to-convert-character-to-numeric-with-same-vakue/m-p/554930#M22685 thanikondharish 2019-04-30T06:13:39Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/How-to-convert-character-to-numeric-with-same-vakue/m-p/554932#M22686 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/209685">@thanikondharish</a>&nbsp;wrote:<BR />Data ex;<BR />Number='2345678934.346283478';<BR />Run;<BR /><BR />How to convert above string character to numeric finally it should be same value with same decimals<HR /></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>This is hardly possible, because of the numeric precision SAS uses. See <A href="https://documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=lrcon&amp;docsetTarget=p0ji1unv6thm0dn1gp4t01a1u0g6.htm&amp;docsetVersion=9.4&amp;locale=de" target="_blank">https://documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=lrcon&amp;docsetTarget=p0ji1unv6thm0dn1gp4t01a1u0g6.htm&amp;docsetVersion=9.4&amp;locale=de</A> for details.</P> Tue, 30 Apr 2019 06:26:26 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/How-to-convert-character-to-numeric-with-same-vakue/m-p/554932#M22686 andreas_lds 2019-04-30T06:26:26Z