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Shirin
Obsidian | Level 7

Can I create a format to change . to blanks?

I don't wanna see . for the missing numerical data.

I did a simple proc format and it doesnt seem to work:

proc format;

value blank

. = ' ';

run;

data datasetname;

set datasetname;

format var1 var2 var3 var4 blank.;

run;

Thanks for your help Smiley Happy

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PGStats
Opal | Level 21

Use option missing= instead :

option missing=' ';

< Some code >

option missing='.';

PG

PG

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PGStats
Opal | Level 21

Use option missing= instead :

option missing=' ';

< Some code >

option missing='.';

PG

PG
Shirin
Obsidian | Level 7

Thanks so much Smiley Happy

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