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Lee_wan
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi all,

 

Why the ifn function report error when it  run as below?

 

1.png

data a;
  set sdtm.ae;
  dt=ifn(length(aestdtc)>=10,input(aestdtc,yymmdd10.),0);
run;

2.png

 

Thanks!

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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

Just to be clear, there are no errors in your log. There are notes, which are very different. The problem here is that with the yymmdd10. informat, SAS expects the aestdtc to have 10 characters. If it does not (as in two of your posted observations), SAS issues a note. 

 

You could use the Anydtdte. Informat to make sense of character dates with varying lengths like this

 

data have;
input aestdtc $10.;
datalines;
2019-01-15
2019-02   
2019-02-13
;

data want;
  set have;
  dt=input(aestdtc,anydtdte10.);
  format dt mmddyy10.;
run;

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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

Just to be clear, there are no errors in your log. There are notes, which are very different. The problem here is that with the yymmdd10. informat, SAS expects the aestdtc to have 10 characters. If it does not (as in two of your posted observations), SAS issues a note. 

 

You could use the Anydtdte. Informat to make sense of character dates with varying lengths like this

 

data have;
input aestdtc $10.;
datalines;
2019-01-15
2019-02   
2019-02-13
;

data want;
  set have;
  dt=input(aestdtc,anydtdte10.);
  format dt mmddyy10.;
run;
Lee_wan
Obsidian | Level 7
Thanks a lot!

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