topic Re: How to declare an array with decimal datatype? in SAS Programming

How to declare an array with decimal datatype?

Anmolkhandelwal — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 07:22:08 GMT

I have been trying to Declare an array which will be populated with values such as (0.00,25.88,25.10) ,

My declaration Looks like: ARRAY CP_COB_REMAINING_PAT_LBLTY_AMT {9} 8.2 CP_COB_REMAINING_PAT_LBLTY_AMT1 - CP_COB_REMAINING_PAT_LBLTY_AMT9;

After this i am iterating over the aaray and assigning values from my input variable.

Any help?

Re: How to declare an array with decimal datatype?

andreas_lds — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 07:36:45 GMT

Please post the code using the running-man icon and post the complete data step. From the documentation:

Example 2: Assigning Initial Numeric Values

These examples show how to define an array and assign initial numeric values to the elements in the array.

array test{4} t1 t2 t3 t4 (90 80 70 70);

```
array test{4} t1-t4 (90 80 2*70);
```

array test{4} _TEMPORARY_ (90 80 70 70);

Re: How to declare an array with decimal datatype?

Amir — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 09:09:13 GMT

As well as posting your code as @andreas_lds advised, if you are getting any error or warning messages then please also post your log showing the code executing and the messages generated, using the "Insert Code" icon (denoted by "{i}").

Regards,

Amir.

Re: How to declare an array with decimal datatype?

FreelanceReinh — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 09:47:57 GMT

@Anmolkhandelwal wrote:

My declaration Looks like: ARRAY CP_COB_REMAINING_PAT_LBLTY_AMT {9} 8.2 CP_COB_REMAINING_PAT_LBLTY_AMT1 - CP_COB_REMAINING_PAT_LBLTY_AMT9;

Hello @Anmolkhandelwal,

The issue with your array declaration is that you specify a format (8.2) where SAS expects a length specification (in your case: 8). Since 8 (bytes) is the default length and numeric is the default type of variables you can even omit this length specification. Also the list of variable names is redundant in your example and can be omitted because an array of the form arrayname[N] consists of variables named arrayname1-arraynameN by default. Remember that there is no "decimal datatype" for variables in SAS datasets. For numbers of all kinds there is only one variable type "numeric" (as opposed to "character").