Hi all if a variable is of character type and having numeric values then how to convert it to numeric.
Use the input() function with an appropriate informat, eg. Numvar=input(charvar,20.);
thanks patrick
data have;
input a$ @@;
cards;
1 2 3
;
data want;
set have;
b=input(a,best12.);
run;
proc contents data=want;run;
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