Given Dataset: All hav Char type, i need to change the date type to numeric with odinal value. Gender Married Dependents Education Male Yes 0 Graduate Male Yes 1 Graduate Male Yes 2 Graduate Male Yes 2 Graduate Male No 0 Not Graduate Male Yes 0 Not Graduate Used Proc format to change the format: proc format; value $G 'Male'=1 'Female'=0; Value $M 'Yes'=1 'No'=0; value $D "0"=0 "1"=1 "2"=2 "3+"=3; value $E "Graduate"=1 "Not Graduate"=0 ; run; BUT NOW HOW I CAN CHANGE THE TYPE FROM CHAR TO NUMERIC??
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