Hi,
Im using SAS DI and seem to have a Problem in reading a date value from Excel to SAS. the read Excel date value is in character and when i use the put statement to convert to numeric and Format it with a date9. in SAS DI i get the below error message.
Numeric format F in PUT function requires a numeric argument. ERROR: Numeric format F in PUT function requires a numeric argument.
I see this Problem seem to occur only in proc SQL but not in a datastep. Could you please advise as to how i can make this work in proc SQL. Below code snipet is added for reference. Thanks in advance.
data A;
format c date9.;
b=' 21273';
c=put(strip(b),10.);
run;
proc sql;
select put(strip(b),10.) format = date9.
from A;
quit;
Use INPUT instead of PUT.
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