I am making a mock data set. It doesn't like read in the dates.
Here is the first few lines with the first row:
data mockdata;
input LINK_I CARDNMBR DATE $ Date9. ACTIVE DELQs;
datalines;
1 1 30JUN2014 1 1
;
run;
In the output, it cuts off the last digit and gives 30JUN201 and it considers it a charater, not a date 😞
What does the $ imply in the input statement?
Remove it for starters.
I thought you had to put that after a variable name to say its a character.
If I remove $ i.e. have:
data mockdata;
input LINK_I CARDNMBR DATE Date9. ACTIVE DELQs;
datalines;
1 1 30JUN2014 1 1
then the date value for first row is 19904. I don't want it to show as a number of days since 1960. I just want it to show as 30JUN2014.
If I remove "Date9." i.e. :
data mockdata;
input LINK_I CARDNMBR DATE ACTIVE DELQs;
datalines;
then the whole date column shows as missings (has ".")
Using a date informat does not automatically assign a display format to a variable; so you need a separate
format date date9.;
statement.
data mockdata;
input LINK_I CARDNMBR DATE : Date9. ACTIVE DELQs;
format date date9.;
datalines;
1 1 30JUN2014 1 1
Thanks. This works.
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