topic Re: Trim the last two characters off of a numeric in SAS Programming

Trim the last two characters off of a numeric

jwhite — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 17:40:50 GMT

(new DI Studio user)

(SAS 9.3)

Good Afternoon, All.

I've got a table with a numeric column that has some observations containing too many trailing zeroes. For example, there should be no number over 90 in this column so if there is a 400, it should be a 4, if there is a 1200 it should be 12.

So, I think I'll need to do a proc sql step to go through the table looking for values over 90. Then, how do I remove the last two characters in that observation? Would I need to convert the format to character first and use a substring function or can I do this while the value is numeric?

Also, what's a quick way to increment a counter within this where statement that I can output in the log only, so I'll have an idea of how many observations are being updated?

Thanks!

-Jeff

Re: Trim the last two characters off of a numeric

jakarman — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 18:37:03 GMT

Numeric columns...... These are binary we are in the digital age. Those 0's are at the best a result of a conversion from binary to decimal and that decimal is of character type.

Converting character (decimals) to numeric digital binary can be done wit an indicator of the decimal point. It looks you are referring to an external DBMS having a character field containing decimals in hundreds.

Re: Trim the last two characters off of a numeric

ballardw — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 18:57:56 GMT

data want;

set have;

if value > 90 then value = int(value/100); /* or Floor(value/100) */

run;