topic Re: How to keep the last "0" in a string? in SAS Procedures

How to keep the last "0" in a string?

Ken_oy — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:15:03 GMT

Hi everyone,

I was creating a statistical report and wanted to have a p-value with 3 digits.

I got p=0.0501, but if I rounded it to 0.001 then I would have a p=0.05. How can I keep the last zero?

I used compress or compbl to make it into a string, but they did not work.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Re: How to keep the last "0" in a string?

data_null__ — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:21:37 GMT

17         data _null_;
18            p=0.0501; 
19            put p=pvalue5.3; 
20            run;

p=0.050

Re: How to keep the last "0" in a string?

ballardw — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:24:24 GMT

For most purposes assigning a format with the appropriate number of decimal points will display as you want. I would suggest an f5.3. The internal storage of the value doesn't change just the display.

An example:

data _null_;

file print;

x = 0.05;

put x f6.3;

run;

Re: How to keep the last "0" in a string?

Ken_oy — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:28:01 GMT

@data_null and @ballardw, thanks for the quick reply!

Just one more question. If I want to put "0.050" in a string, for example I may try to use "call symput" to make a &pvalue=0.050, then how can I do?

Thanks again!

Re: How to keep the last "0" in a string?

data_null__ — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:43:08 GMT

PUT function