topic Re: SAS Formats in SAS Programming

SAS Formats

darling143 — Sat, 30 Jul 2016 10:50:12 GMT

HOW CAN I ADD FORMATS WOTHOUT PROC FORMAT PROCEDURE ?

IS IT POSSIBLE OR NOT ?

PLEASE LET ME KNOW WITH EXAMPLE?

Reeza — Sat, 30 Jul 2016 13:44:24 GMT

You need to clarify your question.

Formats are used to control the display of information, so by 'adding' a format do you mean creating a new format or applying a format to a variable.

An example of applying a format is straightforward, and involves the format statement.

Data stocks;
Set sashelp.stocks;

Format date worddate.;

Run;

Proc print data = stocks (obs=5) labels noobs;
Run;

You can't create a new format without proc format, in some manner.

LinusH — Sat, 30 Jul 2016 21:47:23 GMT

I think you would handle this and your other inquiries better by taking the free online SAS Programming training.