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CathyVI
Pyrite | Level 9

Hi,

This might be very simple but I will like to find the median (IQR) of an age variable. The age variable is in character format and the code is three digits. Here is an example:

data have;
input Age $;
datalines;
042
043
055
035
065
066
070
098
;
run;

I thought about removing the 0 before converting data to numeric but I don't know how. Is this a meaning idea ? 

 

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sbxkoenk
SAS Super FREQ
data have;
input Age $;
datalines;
042
043
055
035
065
066
070
098
;
run;

data have1;
 set have;
 AgeNum=input(Age,3.);
run;

proc means data=have1 median qrange fw=8;
 var AgeNum;
 output out=want median= qrange= / autoname;
run;
/* end of program */

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