topic Re: Number is getting truncate in SAS Programming

Number is getting truncate

harshpatel — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 04:20:07 GMT

Hi Folks,

I am trying to run below code

data person;
input name $ val;
datalines;
Mary 1236.52999991234
;

But after submitting the code, number is getting truncated after decimal places

I am getting only 1236.5299999

Last four digits i.e. 1234 are not coming but i want to print the whole number as it is

Is there any way?

Thanks,

Harsh

ChrisNZ — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 05:27:12 GMT

1. What format do you use for this numeric variable? It looks like the number is fine, but it is displayed rounded.

2. Be aware that PC and Unix machines cannot store more than 15 (sometimes 16) exact digits.

3. This number has 15 digits, and is not altered:

data T;
  X= 1236.52999991234;
   put X= 32.16;
run;

X=1236.5299999123400000

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 07:36:20 GMT

Unless you specifically assign a format, thecdefault format BEST12. will be used.

So you see

4 digits

1 period

7 digits