topic Convert a number expressed in scientific notation to a normal notation in SAS Procedures https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Convert-a-number-expressed-in-scientific-notation-to-a-normal/m-p/15770#M2798 Dear all,<BR /> <BR /> I'd like to know if this is possible to easily convert a numeric value which is expressed in a scientific notation (read from a CSV file) to the normal integer notation (bestXX. format would be great).<BR /> <BR /> An example of value I'd like to convert is: 7.4999925E12.<BR /> <BR /> It would be great if the conversion process could detect the exponential value (12 in my example).<BR /> <BR /> I already checked on the internet but I only found a way to do it in the opposite way (from bestXX. format to a scientific format).<BR /> <BR /> Thanks in advance for your help.<BR /> <BR /> Kind regards,<BR /> Florent<BR /> <BR /> P.S: small precision - we are still using the version 8 of SAS... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:12:45 GMT Florent 2009-11-12T13:12:45Z Convert a number expressed in scientific notation to a normal notation https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Convert-a-number-expressed-in-scientific-notation-to-a-normal/m-p/15770#M2798 Dear all,<BR /> <BR /> I'd like to know if this is possible to easily convert a numeric value which is expressed in a scientific notation (read from a CSV file) to the normal integer notation (bestXX. format would be great).<BR /> <BR /> An example of value I'd like to convert is: 7.4999925E12.<BR /> <BR /> It would be great if the conversion process could detect the exponential value (12 in my example).<BR /> <BR /> I already checked on the internet but I only found a way to do it in the opposite way (from bestXX. format to a scientific format).<BR /> <BR /> Thanks in advance for your help.<BR /> <BR /> Kind regards,<BR /> Florent<BR /> <BR /> P.S: small precision - we are still using the version 8 of SAS... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:12:45 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Convert-a-number-expressed-in-scientific-notation-to-a-normal/m-p/15770#M2798 Florent 2009-11-12T13:12:45Z Re: Convert a number expressed in scientific notation to a normal notation https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Convert-a-number-expressed-in-scientific-notation-to-a-normal/m-p/15771#M2799 Ew.d informat Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:20:12 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Convert-a-number-expressed-in-scientific-notation-to-a-normal/m-p/15771#M2799 Flip 2009-11-12T13:20:12Z