topic Warning in data step in SAS Programming https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Warning-in-data-step/m-p/36711#M7229 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>I have a piece of code that I convert a numeric into a character:</P><P></P><P>char_var = put(num_var, $16.) ;</P><P></P><P>and I get the warning</P><P></P><P>"Variable num_var has already been defined as numeric."</P><P></P><P>can anyone tell me how to get rid of this? from that point forward I only use the character version of the variable.</P><P></P><P>Thanks for your help.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:33:32 GMT Danglytics 2011-07-26T15:33:32Z Warning in data step https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Warning-in-data-step/m-p/36711#M7229 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>I have a piece of code that I convert a numeric into a character:</P><P></P><P>char_var = put(num_var, $16.) ;</P><P></P><P>and I get the warning</P><P></P><P>"Variable num_var has already been defined as numeric."</P><P></P><P>can anyone tell me how to get rid of this? from that point forward I only use the character version of the variable.</P><P></P><P>Thanks for your help.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:33:32 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Warning-in-data-step/m-p/36711#M7229 Danglytics 2011-07-26T15:33:32Z Warning in data step https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Warning-in-data-step/m-p/36712#M7230 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Just remove the $ from the statement where you are using the put function.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:41:06 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Warning-in-data-step/m-p/36712#M7230 art297 2011-07-26T15:41:06Z