Solved: What does n do in a date formatting such as yymmddn8?

GN0001 · Posted 07-16-2021 04:14 PM

Hello team,

what is the role of "n"?

Regards,

blue blue

Blue Blue

novinosrin · Posted 07-16-2021 04:17 PM

indicates no separator

a=put(18922,yymmddn8.);

20111022

novinosrin · Posted 07-16-2021 04:17 PM

indicates no separator

a=put(18922,yymmddn8.);

20111022

ballardw · Posted 07-16-2021 04:20 PM

This is one where I am tempted to say: "Nothing. On purpose".😈

mkeintz · Posted 07-16-2021 09:36 PM

Computer programming in general is a great environment to answer questions by just trying something, as in:

data _null_;
  d=today();
  put d=date9.;
  put d=yymmdd8.;
  put d=yymmdds8.;
  put d=yymmddn8.;
run;

Looking at the log provides an answer.

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The hash OUTPUT method will overwrite a SAS data set, but not append. That can be costly. Consider voting for Add a HASH object method which would append a hash object to an existing SAS data set

Would enabling PROC SORT to simultaneously output multiple datasets be useful? Then vote for
Allow PROC SORT to output multiple datasets

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What does n do in a date formatting such as yymmddn8?