topic Re: how to remove char to num conversion note in SAS Programming

how to remove char to num conversion note

paddyb — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 01:35:32 GMT

data demo;
A = 5;
B= '0';
c = A + B;
run;

Re: how to remove char to num conversion note

Doc_Duke — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 01:47:28 GMT

data demo;
A = 5;
B= '0';
c = A + input(B, 1.0);
run;

You can't 'hide' that note without hiding lots of others.  Your best approach is to use good programming to begin with.

Re: how to remove char to num conversion note

paddyb — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 01:49:49 GMT

you are right.Thanks a lot

Re: how to remove char to num conversion note

ArtC — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 01:57:18 GMT

As @Doc_Duke has suggested, rather than letting SAS do the conversion on the fly (resulting in a Note), use one of a number of functions to perform the conversion directly. There are functions that go both ways numeric --> Character and character --> numeric.

The INPUT family of functions (in @Doc_Duke's example) can yield a numeric, while the PUT family of functions yields character values.