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    <title>topic Format a macro variable in SAS Programming</title>
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    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;How to format a macro variable as a SAS numeric variable in proc iml?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I create macro variable in this way:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;call symput('pWC',left(char(pWC)));&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:43:37 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>nannà</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2012-06-12T15:43:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Format a macro variable</title>
      <link>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Format-a-macro-variable/m-p/80691#M17380</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;How to format a macro variable as a SAS numeric variable in proc iml?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I create macro variable in this way:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;call symput('pWC',left(char(pWC)));&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:43:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>nannà</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-06-12T15:43:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Format a macro variable</title>
      <link>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Format-a-macro-variable/m-p/80692#M17381</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Is the example helpful?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;data have;&lt;BR /&gt; input var1;&lt;BR /&gt; cards;&lt;BR /&gt; 2&lt;BR /&gt; ;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;data _null_;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp; set have;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp; call symputx('v',put(var1, z2.));&lt;BR /&gt; run;&lt;BR /&gt; %put &amp;amp;v;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;for your case, try:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier New;"&gt;call symput(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #800080; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier New;"&gt;'pWC'&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier New;"&gt;,input(left(char(pWC)),&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;STRONG style=": ; color: #008080; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier New;"&gt;2.&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier New;"&gt;));&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:53:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Linlin</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-06-12T15:53:15Z</dc:date>
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