Warning in data step

[Danglytics]

Hi,

I have a piece of code that I convert a numeric into a character:

char_var = put(num_var, $16.) ;

and I get the warning

"Variable num_var has already been defined as numeric."

can anyone tell me how to get rid of this? from that point forward I only use the character version of the variable.

Thanks for your help.

[art297 · Accepted solution]

Just remove the $ from the statement where you are using the put function.