Hi,
I came acreoss some code lines where '.A' is placed into a numeric field to identify a missing value.
If you look into the created dataset there is an 'A' listed in a numeric field.
Is there some documentation\explanation with this feature?
thanks
Henk
e.g.
data test1;
length a 8 b $8;
a=1;
b='1';
output;
a=input('.A',8.);
b='A';
output;
run;
data test2;
set test1;
if a=input('.A',8.);
run;
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