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Pavan_SAS
SAS Employee
%macro asd;

%let a=66.12345;
%let b=100;

%if &a < &b %then %put "True";
%else %put "False";

%mend asd;

%asd;



if i executed this code, instead of getting true, i am getting false. why?
i am expecting output as true.

how i can get true as output?


help me...

pavan.
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LinusH
Tourmaline | Level 20
To do a comparison with floating point numbers, you have to use %sysevalf function:

%if %sysevalf(&a < &b) %then %put "True";
%else %put "False";

Regards,
Linus
Data never sleeps
Pavan_SAS
SAS Employee
thanks linus !

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