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raj_sree216
Calcite | Level 5

Hi, I came from BI Admin background and a newbie for SAS.

I have a sample Input file

Data SampleDataSet;

Infile 'D:\Samples\SampleDataSet.csv' dlm = ",";

Informat  --- ;

Type CustID $ Name $ Age Amount;

Format  --- ;

Run;

In raw data set; Amount is in this format: $1000.00, 2500.00, "4200.00", $5000.00, "5400.00".

Can any please let me know how to use Informat & Format for the numeric variable shown above.

Thanks in advance

Raj

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Haikuo
Onyx | Level 15

Is this what you are after?

data test;

infile cards dsd;

informat money comma20.;

input money;

cards;

$1000.00

2500.00

"4200.00"

;

Haikuo

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