Hi all,
I tried to convert a sas date in a macro variable into a different format like in https://communities.sas.com/t5/Base-SAS-Programming/Macro-to-convert-character-to-numeric-variable/m..., but it does not work for me:
23 %put &StT; /* aus der Eingabeaufforderung */
20170401
24
25 %let dateend = %sysfunc(putn(%sysfunc(INPUTN(%sysfunc(PUTN(&StT, Z8.)), YYMMDD8.)), date9.));
26 %put &dateend;
01APR2017
27
28
29 %PUT SAS DATA VALUE: &StT;
SAS DATA VALUE: 20170401
30
31 %let dateend2 = %sysfunc(INPUTN(&StT, Z8.), date9.);
32 %put &dateend2;
*********
33
I cannot find my error. Can somebody please help?
Use a correct date informat in the inputn function:
%let dateend2 = %sysfunc(INPUTN(&StT, YYMMDD8.), date9.);
just as you did in the first %let.
Use a correct date informat in the inputn function:
%let dateend2 = %sysfunc(INPUTN(&StT, YYMMDD8.), date9.);
just as you did in the first %let.
on line 31 you missed the PUTN function:
%let dateend2 = %sysfunc(INPUTN(PUTN(&StT, Z8.), YYMMDD8.), date9.);
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