topic Re: Input error? in SAS Procedures

Input error?

ybz12003 — Mon, 14 May 2018 16:09:15 GMT

Hello:

I found the code didn't work when I tried to convert character to numeric. All of the Date column "Concep" and "Bdate" become missing value ".", please advice how to fix it. Thanks.

data want;
	set test (rename=(concep=_concep bdate=_bdate));
		concep=input(_concep, MMDDYY10.);
		bdate=input(_bdate,MMDDYY10.);
	format concep bdate MMDDYY10. ;
	drop _concep _bdate;
run;

Re: Input error?

Astounding — Mon, 14 May 2018 16:36:54 GMT

Surely you know by now that we are only psychic on the weekends. We lose our psychic superpowers on Monday.

If you were to give us some examples of what your incoming variables contain, many of us could give you a valid answer.

Re: Input error?

Kurt_Bremser — Mon, 14 May 2018 16:42:04 GMT

Example data.

Did I say "example data" already?

Oh, and before I forget: example data!

After close to 400 posts here, that should be a total given. Really.

Re: Input error?

ballardw — Mon, 14 May 2018 16:59:13 GMT

What is length of your existing variable?

How is it justified?

Are the values in the form mm/dd/yyyy (or mm-dd-yyyy - something that is actually 10 characters ?)

Did you get any messages in the log about "invalid data for function input at line xx? If so show them.

Re: Input error?

ybz12003 — Thu, 17 May 2018 14:53:02 GMT

Thanks for all of suggestion, I realized I put the wrong format.