topic Re: Character to Numeric Conversion in SAS Programming

Character to Numeric Conversion

maroulator — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 16:22:39 GMT

I have the following character variable. What is the best way to convert it to numeric?

Var1

05/15/2039

05/15/2038

05/15/2021

05/15/2020

07/02/2015

01/20/2015

11/20/2014

09/16/2014

09/15/2016

LinusH — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 16:26:20 GMT

input() function using an appropriate date informat. See on-line doc on support.sas.com.

Hima — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 16:33:38 GMT

data have;
input var1 $10.;
cards;
05/15/2039
05/15/2038
05/15/2021
05/15/2020
07/02/2015
01/20/2015
11/20/2014
09/16/2014
09/15/2016
;
run;

data want;
set have;
format var2 mmddyy10.;
var2=input(var1,mmddyy10.);
run;

proc print; run;

proc contents data=want; run;