topic Re: SAS decimal places in SAS Programming https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-decimal-places/m-p/135611#M295691 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I tried that and it doesn't work, it is really weird. I've tried a few things and nothing seems to work...</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Nov 2013 06:03:34 GMT rfarmenta 2013-11-08T06:03:34Z SAS decimal places https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-decimal-places/m-p/135609#M295689 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have an excel dataset, when I read the data in SAS it is adding extra decimal places, the values all have two in excel, example:</P><P></P><P>21.71</P><P>24.63</P><P>...</P><P></P><P>When SAS reads the values in they have like 10 decimal places, so:</P><P></P><P>21.71342342349</P><P>etc..</P><P></P><P>Why is SAS doing this and how do I get it to stop? </P><P></P><P>Thanks for your help! </P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Nov 2013 04:59:37 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-decimal-places/m-p/135609#M295689 rfarmenta 2013-11-08T04:59:37Z Re: SAS decimal places https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-decimal-places/m-p/135610#M295690 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is the data in Excel formatted and the actual value is 21.71342342349 in Excel as well? Try and use another format with more decimals for this Excel cell and see what you get.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Nov 2013 05:41:51 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-decimal-places/m-p/135610#M295690 Patrick 2013-11-08T05:41:51Z Re: SAS decimal places https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-decimal-places/m-p/135611#M295691 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I tried that and it doesn't work, it is really weird. I've tried a few things and nothing seems to work...</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Nov 2013 06:03:34 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-decimal-places/m-p/135611#M295691 rfarmenta 2013-11-08T06:03:34Z Re: SAS decimal places https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-decimal-places/m-p/135612#M295692 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>So you say when you click into the cell in Excel you see the number in the formula bar also with 2 decimals only?</P><P></P><P>Can you attach your Excel (or better a copy of it with only one sheet and a few lines of data having this issue)?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Nov 2013 06:09:57 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-decimal-places/m-p/135612#M295692 Patrick 2013-11-08T06:09:57Z Re: SAS decimal places https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-decimal-places/m-p/135613#M295693 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>you can control the decimal place with the help of formats, please try </P><P></P><P>format var_name 8.2;</P><P></P><P>this will control the decimal places</P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P>jagadish</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Nov 2013 07:37:16 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-decimal-places/m-p/135613#M295693 Jagadishkatam 2013-11-08T07:37:16Z