Hi all,
I would like to format numeric values (variable "Value" in the SAS code below) in a data step and save the formatted string in a new variable "FormattedValue". The name of the format to use is saved in the data step, too, and can be different for each row of the data set (Variable "FormatString").
How can I achieve this? Thanks for your help!
Jonas
data test;
input Value FormatString $;
length FormattedValue $ 64;
datalines;
120.5 dollar8.2
120.1 8.2
503.6 8.0
;
run;
Use the PUTN() function.
FormattedValue = putn(Value, FormatString) ;
Use the PUTN() function.
FormattedValue = putn(Value, FormatString) ;
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