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Hi,

is there any SAS numeric format, that would return these outputs from these inputs:
INPUT: 1 --- OUTPUT: 1
INPUT: 1.1 --- OUTPUT: 1,1
INPUT: 1.1235 --- OUTPUT: 1,1235

?

Basically: I need some format with decimal comma, but the only one I have found is NUMXw.d. However that gives 1,0000 out of 1. Which is what I dont want.

 

Many thanks in advance,
V.Herrmann

 

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ChrisNZ
Tourmaline | Level 20

No format does this afaik. bestx shoud but doesn't.

If you really need a format, you can build it:


proc fcmp outlib=WORK.FUNCTIONS.TEMP; 
  function bestxx (NUMBER) $ ;
    return (translate(cat(NUMBER),',','.'));
  endsub;
run;

options cmplib= WORK.FUNCTIONS;    
proc format;
  value bestxx other=[bestxx()];
run;
 
data _null_;
  A= 1      ;put A= @11 A= bestxx.; 
  A= 1.1    ;put A= @11 A= bestxx.; 
  A= 1.1235 ;put A= @11 A= bestxx.; 
run;

A=1       A=1
A=1.1     A=1,1
A=1.1235  A=1,1235

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mbuchecker
Quartz | Level 8

I think you want COMMAXw.d

Michelle
ChrisNZ
Tourmaline | Level 20

No format does this afaik. bestx shoud but doesn't.

If you really need a format, you can build it:


proc fcmp outlib=WORK.FUNCTIONS.TEMP; 
  function bestxx (NUMBER) $ ;
    return (translate(cat(NUMBER),',','.'));
  endsub;
run;

options cmplib= WORK.FUNCTIONS;    
proc format;
  value bestxx other=[bestxx()];
run;
 
data _null_;
  A= 1      ;put A= @11 A= bestxx.; 
  A= 1.1    ;put A= @11 A= bestxx.; 
  A= 1.1235 ;put A= @11 A= bestxx.; 
run;

A=1       A=1
A=1.1     A=1,1
A=1.1235  A=1,1235

VojtechHerrmann
Calcite | Level 5

Thank you for your response!

V.Herrmann

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