Hello!
I would like to ask a question about column creation:
I 'd like to convert a formatted numeric column to its corresponding character column.
An example:
I have a numeric col1num as :
col1num
1
1
2
2
The format of this column is 1 ->"A", 2 -> "B".
I aim to create through a data step a new column col2char as :
col2char
A
A
B
B
Is there a simple instruction to do this ?
Thanks for help!!!
put()-function
PROC FORMAT ?
proc format ;
value fmt
1='A'
2='B'
;
run;
data a;
input a;
b=put(a,fmt.);
cards;
1
1
2
;
run;
Ksharp
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