I want to print values like 1360 as 1.4 (thousand). Can this be done with formats, or do I have to calculate values?
Eg the following code, gives an output of
v1=1.3 v2=1.4
But I want v1 to look like v2.
proc format;
picture thousands low-high='000,000,000.9' (mult=.01);
data test;
v1 = 1360;
v2 = v1/1000;
format v1 thousands.;
format v2 comma10.1;
put v1= v2=;
run;
Perhaps something like this?
proc format
picture thousands (ROUND)
LOW-<0 = '000,000,000,009.9' (PREFIX='-' MULT=0.001)
0-HIGH = '000,000,000,009.9' (MULT=0.001);
run;
(Almost) perfect. I had missed the Round option. But (as I've just realised after testing) not quite correct. The mult options should be 0.01 not 0.001 to get thousands when you have one decimal place.
So the format should be
proc format;
picture thousands (ROUND)
LOW-<0 = '000,000,000,009.9' (PREFIX='-' MULT=0.01)
0-HIGH = '000,000,000,009.9' (MULT=0.01);
run;
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