BookmarkSubscribeRSS Feed
☑ This topic is solved. Need further help from the community? Please sign in and ask a new question.
SASdevAnneMarie
Barite | Level 11

Hello Experts,

 

I would like to transform the character values to numeric, but my code doesn't work for all observcations (row 17) :

SASdevAnneMarie_0-1673973125739.png

My code is :

numeric_var = input(PX_LAST, comma9.);

Thank you for your help !

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION

Accepted Solutions
PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

Obviously, the process for generating this data is broken, it should be creating variable PX_LAST as numeric, and if possible that's the fix you want.

 

Otherwise, use informat comma32.

--
Paige Miller

View solution in original post

2 REPLIES 2
PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

Obviously, the process for generating this data is broken, it should be creating variable PX_LAST as numeric, and if possible that's the fix you want.

 

Otherwise, use informat comma32.

--
Paige Miller
SASdevAnneMarie
Barite | Level 11
Thank you !
With comma32. that works !

hackathon24-white-horiz.png

The 2025 SAS Hackathon has begun!

It's finally time to hack! Remember to visit the SAS Hacker's Hub regularly for news and updates.

Latest Updates

How to Concatenate Values

Learn how use the CAT functions in SAS to join values from multiple variables into a single value.

Find more tutorials on the SAS Users YouTube channel.

SAS Training: Just a Click Away

 Ready to level-up your skills? Choose your own adventure.

Browse our catalog!

Discussion stats
  • 2 replies
  • 880 views
  • 1 like
  • 2 in conversation