Set number of decimal places PROC UNIVARIATE OUTPUT OUT

[_maldini_]

How can I set the number of decimal places for outputted means in PROC UNIVARIATE?

I can find the option for decimal places for percentiles, but not means.

PROC UNIVARIATE DATA=Data_02_long NORMAL;
    CLASS time group;
    
    VAR 
   	Efflux;
    
    HISTOGRAM;
    OUTPUT OUT=data_01_output mean=Efflux std=Efflux;
RUN;


PROC PRINT DATA=data_01_output;
RUN;

Thanks.

[PaigeMiller · Accepted solution]

When you do a PROC PRINT, you can control the decimal places there with a format statement. For example:

format efflux 8.2;

[_maldini_]

Whoops, I may have jumped the gun in accepting this as the solution. Sorry, I want to plot these means using PROC SGPLOT so I need the control the decimal places in the OUTPUT or in the PROC SGPLOT.

PROC SGPLOT data=data_01_output;
	series x=time y=Efflux / lineattrs=(thickness=3px) group=group
		markers markerattrs=(size=10pt) DATALABEL DATALABELATTRS=(Color=grey Family="Arial" Size=12
        Style=Italic Weight=Bold);

	yaxis
	 values=(8 to 12 BY 1) label='Efflux (Mean)'
	 labelattrs=(size=12pt weight=bold color=gray33)
	 valueattrs=(size=12pt weight=bold color=gray33)
	 offsetmin=0 offsetmax=0 grid minor minorcount=1;
	 
	xaxis
	 values=(1 to 3 BY 1) label='Timepoint'
	 labelattrs=(size=12pt weight=bold color=gray33)
	 valueattrs=(size=12pt weight=bold color=gray33)
	 offsetmin=0 offsetmax=0 grid minor minorcount=1;
	
/* 	FORMAT timepoint_graph timepoint_graph_.; */
	
	TITLE "Change in Efflux Over Time (Mean)";
/* 	TITLE2 "PROMIS Pain Intensity Score"; */
	footnote "Footnote: CONFIDENTIAL";
RUN;

[PaigeMiller]

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@_maldini_ wrote:

Whoops, I may have jumped the gun in accepting this as the solution. Sorry, I want to plot these means using PROC SGPLOT so I need the control the decimal places in the OUTPUT or in the PROC SGPLOT.

PROC SGPLOT data=data_01_output;
	series x=time y=Efflux / lineattrs=(thickness=3px) group=group
		markers markerattrs=(size=10pt) DATALABEL DATALABELATTRS=(Color=grey Family="Arial" Size=12
        Style=Italic Weight=Bold);

	yaxis
	 values=(8 to 12 BY 1) label='Efflux (Mean)'
	 labelattrs=(size=12pt weight=bold color=gray33)
	 valueattrs=(size=12pt weight=bold color=gray33)
	 offsetmin=0 offsetmax=0 grid minor minorcount=1;
	 
	xaxis
	 values=(1 to 3 BY 1) label='Timepoint'
	 labelattrs=(size=12pt weight=bold color=gray33)
	 valueattrs=(size=12pt weight=bold color=gray33)
	 offsetmin=0 offsetmax=0 grid minor minorcount=1;
	
/* 	FORMAT timepoint_graph timepoint_graph_.; */
	
	TITLE "Change in Efflux Over Time (Mean)";
/* 	TITLE2 "PROMIS Pain Intensity Score"; */
	footnote "Footnote: CONFIDENTIAL";
RUN;

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I'm not following this at all. You don't have to control the number of decimal places in the output of PROC MEANS/PROC SUMMARY/PROC UNIVARIATE to run PROC SGPLOT.

[_maldini_]

This is the current graph. I'd like to limit the decimal places to 2. 

[PaigeMiller]

If all you want is means and standard deviations, you should use PROC MEANS/PROC SUMMARY rather than PROC UNIVARIATE. PROC UNIVARIATE calculates a lot of statistics that you aren't asking for, so its probably inefficient to use for this purpose.

In PROC MEANS, there is a MAXDEC= option to specify the maximum number of decimal places in the output.