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Quartz | Level 8

Reading numeric variable with commas into SAS 9.4 version.

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Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

Your question is too vague.  What software are you using, how are you importing the data, what do you want the output to look like, what does the comma refence in this instance as some countries use , as decimal place for example.  If you just want to convert 18,5 to 18.5 do:

data want;
  set have;
  new_var=input(tranwrd(old_var,",","."),best.);
run;

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RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

Your question is too vague.  What software are you using, how are you importing the data, what do you want the output to look like, what does the comma refence in this instance as some countries use , as decimal place for example.  If you just want to convert 18,5 to 18.5 do:

data want;
  set have;
  new_var=input(tranwrd(old_var,",","."),best.);
run;
Ksharp
Super User
Try informat COMMAX.
Ksharp
Super User

data want;
  old_var='8.123,44';
  new_var=input(old_var,commax32.);
  format new_var comma32.2;
run;

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