topic Importing data with percentages in SAS in SAS Procedures

Importing data with percentages in SAS

Nupur20 — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:47:15 GMT

I have a data in sas like:

Role Answer

A 100%

B 20%

When I import data in sas (using import statements) the percentages gets import as::

Role Answer

A 1

B 2

Is there a way to import percentage as percentage?

Thanks for your time.

art297 — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:55:39 GMT

Use the percent informat. e.g.,

data want;

input Role $ Answer Percent4.;

cards;

A 100%

B 20%

;

Pankaj_23 — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 05:42:52 GMT

Hi,

First import data in sas (using import statements) then execute following code

Data Inputdata;

set Inputdata;

format Answer Percent8.;

Run;

Proc Print Data=Inputdata;

Run;

The percentages gets import as::

Role Answer

A 100%

B 20%

Best Regards,

Pankaj Bhangale