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Kastchei
Pyrite | Level 9

Hello,

Is there any function or macro available that will return the mantissa and the exponent of a number if written in scientific notation?

For example, if the number is 123456789 (= 1.23456789E+08), I would like to be able to return two numbers:

1.23456789 and

8

Thanks!

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PGStats
Opal | Level 21

Assuming your data is numeric :

data _null_;

do x = 123456789, -123456789, 0.003, -0.003, 0;

if x=0 then e = 0;

else e = floor(log10(abs(x)));

m = x/(10**e);

put (_all_) (=);

end;

run;

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PGStats
Opal | Level 21

Assuming your data is numeric :

data _null_;

do x = 123456789, -123456789, 0.003, -0.003, 0;

if x=0 then e = 0;

else e = floor(log10(abs(x)));

m = x/(10**e);

put (_all_) (=);

end;

run;

PG

PG
Kastchei
Pyrite | Level 9

Thank you!

MikeZdeb
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

hi ... here's a "no math"  idea ...

data _null_;

do x = 123456789, -123456789, 0.003, -0.003, 0;

   m = input(scan(put(x,e15.),1,'E'),15.);

   e = input(scan(put(x,e15.),2,'E'),15.);

   put x= m= e=;

end;

run;

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