A variable in a dataset is of type numeric, but shows a value 'C' when viewed or printed. Format is best12.
SAS Output:
10 | ||||
21 | ||||
27 | ||||
12 | ||||
C | ||||
10 | ||||
16 |
What does it mean? Is it missing? How do I exclude such values?
Its a special missing, you may find this paper helpfull:
http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi31/025-31.pdf
And you can use the missing() function:
http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrdict/64316/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a000509996.htm
Or check specifically for that.
Its a special missing, you may find this paper helpfull:
http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi31/025-31.pdf
And you can use the missing() function:
http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrdict/64316/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a000509996.htm
Or check specifically for that.
thanks.
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