Character to Numeric conversion issues

[mahen]

Is it possible to change the type of a variable from character to numeric without creating a new variable and applying input statement on the variable required to be converted.

eg:

if i have a variable A which is character and having various date values.

        A

13 Jun 1991

20 Aug 1989

so now can i convert the variable A directly from character to numeric. and apply the date formats as i required.

Kindly help!

[Kurt_Bremser]

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@mahen wrote:

Is it possible to change the type of a variable from character to numeric without creating a new variable and applying input statement on the variable required to be converted.

Kindly help!

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No. You have to play the rename/input/drop game.

[mahen]

oh okay!

Thank You Kurt.

[RW9]

Do please mark @Kurt_Bremser's answer as correct.

[mahen]

Okay Thank You!