Hello SAS Community,
I am trying to create a new numeric variable (DA3) from two seperate numeric variables (DA1, DA2) . I would like my new variable or DA3 to be DA1 and DA2 seperated by a decimal. So for example,
DA1 | DA2 | DA3 |
780 | 6 | 780.6 |
124 | 78 | 124.78 |
54 | 6 | 54.6 |
Any advice would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance!
Post test data in the form of a datastep. We cannot see your data and so have to make assumptions, so I am going to assume that da1 and 2 are character, and the result should be character:
data want; set have; da3=catx('.',da1,da2); run;
Post test data in the form of a datastep. We cannot see your data and so have to make assumptions, so I am going to assume that da1 and 2 are character, and the result should be character:
data want; set have; da3=catx('.',da1,da2); run;
Thanks, exactly what I was looking for.
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