Hello Uli, It is a solution: [pre] data i; input a; format a E9.3; if a LT 100 then r=INPUT(PUT(a,E9.3),15.8); else r=INPUT(PUT(a,15.3),15.3); datalines; 2 22 100 250.678 250.6786 0.0067 0.00006789 0.7567 run; [/pre] Sincerely, SPR ... View more

The reason why this is so difficult is because environment variables are inherited by the child process but the parent process is unaffected by the child process. ... View more

/* test data */ data one;    infile cards truncover;    input from :$20.; cards;    0    0.006789123    1    53    100    12345    a234    234x    dunkin    -0.1 ; run; /* special formatting */ proc fcmp outlib=work.star.bucks;    function tall(n) $;       return (if 0<=n & n<1          then left(putn(round(n, .0001), "8.4"))          else " ");    endsub;    function grande(n) $;       return (if 1<=n & n<100          then left(putn(n, "8."))          else " ");    endsub;    function venti(n) $;       return (if 100<=n & n<=constant('big')          then left(putn(round(n,100), "best8."))          else " ");    endsub;    function coffee(s $) $;       length n 8 t $20 g $20 v $20;       if verify(s, "0123456789. ") then return(left(s));       n = inputn(s, "best20.");       t = tall(n);       g = grande(n);       v = venti(n);       return (coalescec(t,g,v));    endsub; quit; %let cmplib = %sysfunc(getoption(cmplib)); options cmplib = (work.star &cmplib);    data two;       set one;       length to $20;       to = coffee(from);    run; options cmplib = (&cmplib); /* check */ proc print data=two; run; /* on lst       Obs  from           to       1    0              0.0000       2    0.006789123    0.0068       3    1              1       4    53             53       5    100            100       6    12345          12300       7    a234           a234       8    234x           234x       9    dunkin         dunkin      10    -0.1           -0.1 */ ... View more

More specific to the point, review the use of the SAS FORMAT and/or ATTRIB statement which is used to associate an "output display format" with a SAS variable. There are both SAS-system standard formats documented in the SAS Language Dictionary and also there is the SAS PROC FORMAT (procedure) where you can develop / define your own format. Scott Barry Suggested Google advanced search arguments, this topic / post: display numeric variable integer decimal site:sas.com format documentation site:sas.com ... View more

submitted incomplete response , LOGnote1 provides a replacement for "The SAS System" title line that appears in the log file of batch SAS runs. LogNote2 provides a trailer message in the log because I work with a mixture of config files, it is easy to "inherit" these batch options from the "current folder" in which SAS starts. a useful alternative might be the -NEWS option it refers to a file that will be echo-ed into the SAS log as this demo indicates[pre]NOTE: SAS 9.1.3 Service Pack 4 news about your sas environments NOTE: SAS initialization used:[/pre] ... View more

I agree with Patrick for a definitive response. Generally the SAS license for Unix is a function of the number of CPUs (effectively, the "size" of the server), not the number of users. On the margin, a 4 CPU server costs twice a 2 CPU server. There may be a different charge for the first CPU or some other minimum charge approach (Support is not a linear function of the number of users, or CPUs.). ... View more