I need help concatenating my two dates to a comment field. Here's what I have
DATA PRX;
SET BICS_02;
format prx_startdt prx_enddt mmddyy10.; /*format to mm/dd/yyyy*/
prx_startdt = datepart(Optional_1_start_date); /*optional date is date and time*/
prx_enddt = datepart(Optional_1_end_date); /*optional date is date and time*/
period_comments = prx_startdt||" to "||prx_enddt; /*combine the dates in comment "start date to end date"*/
run;
prx_startdt and prx_enddt just post the date values. I have converted it to the right format but in the doesn't translate correctly to my comments field. Please help.
Try it this way:
period_comments = put(prx_startdt, mmddyy10.) || " to " || put(prx_enddt, mmddyy10.);
Since the variable already has a format, this works too:
PERIOD_COMMENTS = vvalue(PRX_STARTDT) || ' to ' || vvalue(PRX_ENDDT);
Thanks a lot, it works!!
Thank you, it works!
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