Put to a Number

[DavidPhillips2]

Fiscal_Period_Year = put(trim(left(Fiscal_Year)) || trim(left(put(Fiscal_Period, Fiscal_Period_Format.))));

Any idea why in a data step Fiscal_Period_Year is not saving as a number?  I’m running into a scenario where it is saving as a giant string.

[Reeza · Accepted solution]

Try Input, PUT converts to a character.

[DavidPhillips2]

thanks