Upfront... just want to say thanks for the help... I have the following code snipet for assigning values from a dataset to an array... I get an error message about converting numeric values to char values. I have not been able to find a solution to this. Would greatly appreciate any help... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- %macro DefineInputArray;       ARRAY BYLINE(48) $16.  BYLINE1 - BYLINE50; %mend; data sims; set data_inputs; %DefineInputArray; format iter BEST.; do i=1 to 50;   %let iter = 1000+(i-1)*1000;   BYLINE(i) = iVALUE&iter .; end; run; --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Numeric values have been converted to character values at the places given by:      (Line):(Column). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... View more