topic Re: data in SAS Programming https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/data/m-p/724266#M224848 <P>SAS uses two types only - <STRONG>CHAR</STRONG> type and <STRONG>NUM</STRONG> type</P> <P><STRONG>CHAR</STRONG> is any alphanumeric string.number,&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>NUM</STRONG> type is held as floating point&nbsp;even integers.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>INFORMAT</STRONG> defines how to <STRONG>read</STRONG>&nbsp;and interpret the data, and which type to assign to the variable.</P> <P><STRONG>FORMAT</STRONG> defines how to <STRONG>display</STRONG> the variable: its total length, date/datetime/time format or how many decimal digits to show, adding the $ or % signs and other more customed formats defined by <U>FORMAT -&nbsp; PICTURE</U>.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Sun, 07 Mar 2021 09:24:34 GMT Shmuel 2021-03-07T09:24:34Z data https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/data/m-p/724262#M224846 <P>How many types of data can be imported directly into SAS?</P> Sun, 07 Mar 2021 08:56:18 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/data/m-p/724262#M224846 Candice_ 2021-03-07T08:56:18Z Re: data https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/data/m-p/724266#M224848 <P>SAS uses two types only - <STRONG>CHAR</STRONG> type and <STRONG>NUM</STRONG> type</P> <P><STRONG>CHAR</STRONG> is any alphanumeric string.number,&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>NUM</STRONG> type is held as floating point&nbsp;even integers.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>INFORMAT</STRONG> defines how to <STRONG>read</STRONG>&nbsp;and interpret the data, and which type to assign to the variable.</P> <P><STRONG>FORMAT</STRONG> defines how to <STRONG>display</STRONG> the variable: its total length, date/datetime/time format or how many decimal digits to show, adding the $ or % signs and other more customed formats defined by <U>FORMAT -&nbsp; PICTURE</U>.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Sun, 07 Mar 2021 09:24:34 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/data/m-p/724266#M224848 Shmuel 2021-03-07T09:24:34Z Re: data https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/data/m-p/724272#M224853 <P>If you are talking about file formats:</P> <UL> <LI>anything in text, with more or less programming effort; includes XML</LI> <LI>Excel workbooks</LI> <LI>most available database systems through SAS/ACCESS modules</LI> <LI>anything via ODBC</LI> </UL> Sun, 07 Mar 2021 12:01:45 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/data/m-p/724272#M224853 Kurt_Bremser 2021-03-07T12:01:45Z