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Datino
Obsidian | Level 7

Say, I have a source table with coumns of various data types and I want to create a second table by selecting some of those columns and changing their data types or lengths.

 

For example,

  • if I have a char column that has sotred numbers, how do I convert it to numeric so I can do calculations at a later date?
  • How do I expand the length of a char variable, say from char (8) to char (32) so I can concatenate more data later?

 

Thanks in advance.

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PGStats
Opal | Level 21
proc sql;
create table myNewData as
select
	input(numberStr, best.) as myNumber,
	shortStr as longStr length=32
from myData;
quit;
PG

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PGStats
Opal | Level 21
proc sql;
create table myNewData as
select
	input(numberStr, best.) as myNumber,
	shortStr as longStr length=32
from myData;
quit;
PG
rogerjdeangelis
Barite | Level 11

Just a slight comment

 

You can use the same name

 

 input(mynumber,5.) as mynumber length=4.

Datino
Obsidian | Level 7

Thanks, figured as much.

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