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Kaushal
Calcite | Level 5

Hi Team,

I am looking for a function in SAS which can count decimal places in a numeric value.

Is anyone aware of any such function ?

Many thanks,

Kaushal

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sureshv
Fluorite | Level 6

data sample;
input count;
datalines;
1.99999
2.0005
99.0001
1023.9999999
104
;
run;

data smpl2;
set sample;
cc=(scan(count,2,"."));
if cc="" then dcount=0;
else dcount=length(cc);
drop cc;
run;

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sureshv
Fluorite | Level 6

data sample;
input count;
datalines;
1.99999
2.0005
99.0001
1023.9999999
104
;
run;

data smpl2;
set sample;
cc=(scan(count,2,"."));
if cc="" then dcount=0;
else dcount=length(cc);
drop cc;
run;

Kaushal
Calcite | Level 5

thanks

Rgds, Kaushal

sureshv
Fluorite | Level 6

reduce code:

data smpl2;

set sample;

cc=lengthn(scan(count,2,"."));

run;

SUDOKU
Fluorite | Level 6

Sureshv: Thank you for this and I used it today. In my search I was surprised that SAS doesn't have a function that would return the decimal precision and that a conversion to text and then a count was required.

 

  

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