I have a data set, the month variable:month is CHAR7. So there is only year and month, ,shown as this format
2015-11
2015-12
I need to change them into NOV2015, DEC2015. So firstly i need change it into SAS .
I tried:
date=input(month, date7.) or other time formate, but it doesnt work.
As i need use conditional statement, so i dont want to separate them into year and month into to column, i hope they still stay in the same column.
28 data want;
29 Date_Char = '2015-11';
30 Date_Num = input(strip(Date_Char) !! '-01', yymmdd10.);
31 format Date_Num date9.;
32 put _all_;
33 run;
Date_Char=2015-11 Date_Num=01NOV2015 _ERROR_=0 _N_=1
NOTE: The data set WORK.WANT has 1 observations and 2 variables.
NOTE: Compressing data set WORK.WANT increased size by 100.00 percent.
Compressed is 2 pages; un-compressed would require 1 pages.
NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
real time 0.01 seconds
cpu time 0.01 seconds
28 data want;
29 Date_Char = '2015-11';
30 Date_Num = input(strip(Date_Char) !! '-01', yymmdd10.);
31 format Date_Num date9.;
32 put _all_;
33 run;
Date_Char=2015-11 Date_Num=01NOV2015 _ERROR_=0 _N_=1
NOTE: The data set WORK.WANT has 1 observations and 2 variables.
NOTE: Compressing data set WORK.WANT increased size by 100.00 percent.
Compressed is 2 pages; un-compressed would require 1 pages.
NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
real time 0.01 seconds
cpu time 0.01 seconds
it works. i added a format, so it output as NOV2015. thanks.
data test1;
set aa (keep=month);
date=input(strip(month)!!'-1', yymmdd10.);
format date monyy7.;
run;
Note that SAS has new functions for concatenating strings. even newer than the relatively new STRIP() function.
Date_Num = input(cats(Date_Char,'-01'), yymmdd10.);
yes, it works, i also tried. thank you~
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