Using character level input variables in PROC HPNEURAL

[rboire]

in PROC HPNEURAL, what is the right syntax in using character level variables. You can see from PROC LOGISTIC that this is handled appropriately through the class statement. see below.

PROC LOGISTIC DATA=lib1.Training_Atlantic outmodel=sasuser.HS_log_Model;
Class  LISTTYPEClasfnListSrcRentExcHse (Ref='R') NUMLISTSourcesFromWhichRecCame     PROV1  ;
MODEL My_RESPONDER_FLAG( EVENT='1' ) =   X1  LISTTYPEClasfnListSrcRentExcHse   NUMLISTSourcesFromWhichRecCame   Non_Resp  HKINTERSECT   PROV1                                       
/selection=backward  lackfit rsq stb;
store HS_log_Model;
RUN;

[WendyCzika]

In HPNEURAL, you use INPUT statements to define your inputs, with the appropriate LEVEL= option, e.g.:

input classvar1 classvar2 .... / level=nom;

input continuousvar1 continuousvar2 ... / level=int;