missing values using template csv

[frisco]

Hi, I am getting missing values in a sas dataset converted to csv showing up as a . even when I specify
options missing = ' '; (blank) using the template csv.
Any thing I can do to change this behavior?

[frisco]

False alarm. Turns out that it was a character field and someone went to the trouble of putting a dot to represent a missing value. Just when you think you've seen everything....