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teckquan
SAS Employee

 Hi there,  I am trying to do some mathematics operation as below:

 

data XX;

set table; 

 

A= B*C/D

 

run;

 

 

B                    C           D  A
5000000.00 0.045000 2 *
5000000.00 0.045000 2 *

 

These are the logs for the operation. 

NOTE: Numeric values have been converted to character values at the places given by: (Line):(Column).
127:53
NOTE: Variable A is uninitialized.
NOTE: Invalid character data, 112500.00 , at line 127 column 53.

 

Why does A change to character and how to stop it?

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andreas_lds
Jade | Level 19

The first note "Numeric values have been converted to character values" indicates a problem during data import. Storing number in alphanumeric variables is not recommended. 

 

Are B, C and D numeric variables? If not: fix this first.

If A is not in dataset "table", add a length-statement.

 

teckquan
SAS Employee

Thanks for your reply. I fixed it with changing the IMPORT datatype of D from string to numeric. It was auto set to string as it is empty. 

 

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