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Ivy
Quartz | Level 8 Ivy
Quartz | Level 8

 

I would like to try to avoid the warning message:  

 

NOTE: Numeric values have been converted to character values at the places given by:

 

med_range =compress(round(median_,0.1)) || " ("||compress(round(min_,0.1))||"-"||compress(round(max_,0.1))||")";

 

If I use put function to change rouned value to character, what the best format I should use considering the big variance of the date value ?

 

Thank you very much.

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RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

An example of your data as a datastep would be ideal.  At a guess:

data want;
  set have;
  med_range=cats(put(round(median_,.1),8.1)," (",put(round(min_,.1),8.1),"-",put(round(max_,.1),8.1),")");
run;
Reeza
Super User

Try using a CATT or CATS function instead. They do the conversion and I usually find it easier to read rather than the double pipe. 

You can usually avoid the COMPRESS() as well, since CATT trims variables. 

Ivy
Quartz | Level 8 Ivy
Quartz | Level 8
Thank you very much, RW9 and Reeza, that helps !

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