Hi.
If I merge two datasets where the first dataset does not include variable A and the second dataset includes the character variable A, then SAS will create a numeric variable A because this dataset was not set as the first dataset in the merge. Can I force SAS to keep A as a character variable although it is set as a second dataset in a merge?
data test;
set var_b_c textvar_a;
run;
If I have thousands of variables it is tricky to do it manually.
I don't think your statement is true. you should post some sample data.
I was truly surprised to see this, but it turned out I was too tired to notice value formatting was on. Thanks.
Change the order of these two datasets ?
data test;
set textvar_a var_b_c;
run;
Unable to reproduce the error using SAS 9.2.
Code:
data work.WithoutName;
set sashelp.class(drop=Name);
run;
data work.test;
set work.WithoutName sashelp.class;
run;
proc print data=sashelp.vcolumn(where=
(memname = 'TEST' and upcase(name) = 'NAME'))
noobs;
var libname memname memtype name type;
run;
Proc print shows:
libname memname memtype name type
WORK TEST DATA Name char
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