Hi, i have to change the type of variable from numeric to character. I've tried several ways, but i always get an error or warning 😞
Variable "x3" is in BEST8. format and SAS uses numeric format, but i need x3 variable to be in character format.
Dear communities, how to do it :D?
You can not change the type of a variable once it is created. But you can convert a variable and assign it to a new variable like this
data test;
format x3 best8.;
x3=100.56;
x3_char=put(x3, best8.);
run;
proc contents data=test;
run;
You can not change the type of a variable once it is created. But you can convert a variable and assign it to a new variable like this
data test;
format x3 best8.;
x3=100.56;
x3_char=put(x3, best8.);
run;
proc contents data=test;
run;
Anytime, glad to help 🙂
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