I have a numerical variable which takes values of varied lengths. I want to add a decimal point before two last two digits in each value. For Example if the original value in a row is 180000, the new value should be 1800.00, and if its 5676456, the new value should be 56764..56
How can I achieve this? Please help
Divide by 100 and use format 10.2 (or similar)
If you need to do this while reading from an external source, use a proper informat:
data want;
input number 10.2;
format number 10.2;
datalines;
180000
5676456
;
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