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Quartz | Level 8 sfo
Quartz | Level 8

I am using PRCO MEANS in SAS 9.2 on 10 different variable so I have defined a macro variable like %let var = BWT GENDER RACE etc ...

 

my following code runs but the value of the variable are coming in informat 12. (example: 69.7597143)

 

proc means N MEAN STD MEDIAN Q1 Q3 MIN MAX data=perflags;
class Group;
var &var ;
output out = STAT (drop = _TYPE_ _FREQ_) ;
run;

 

Is there a way I can format all the variables to say 8.3 by using my macro variable and not specifying all the variables ? For example something like format &var 8.3?

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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

You can use MAXDEC=3 to control the number of decimals displayed. 

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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

You can use MAXDEC=3 to control the number of decimals displayed. 

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