Extract numeric value from a string

[ballardw]

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@animesh123 wrote:
Thanks @ballardw for explaining, Just a request could you show me some example where we could use _numeric_ function

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Proc print data=sashelp.class;
   var _numeric_;
run;

In a data step you could do, not that this makes logical sense in most cases (adding age, height and weight doesn't mean much first as each uses different units):

data junk;   
    set sashelp.class;
    newvar = sum( of _numeric_);
run;