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HeatherNewton
Quartz | Level 8 HeatherNewton
Quartz | Level 8

format

Posted 03-06-2022 03:07 AM (1034 views)

if you format something into 17.2

it means length of 17 before decimal and 2 after decimal?

or 17 is including decimal and anything after?

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japelin
Rhodochrosite | Level 12 japelin
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Re: format

Posted 03-06-2022 03:55 AM (1022 views)  |   In reply to HeatherNewton
17 is including decimal and anything after.
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yabwon
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Amethyst | Level 16

Re: format

Posted 03-06-2022 02:50 PM (983 views)  |   In reply to HeatherNewton

Read the doc.:

https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/9.4_3.5/leforinforref/n1n7bmvs1brl23n1dj9cbzau39df.ht...

 

#MaximNo1 ( right @Kurt_Bremser ? )

 

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