Feb 14, 2017 · No new record is read into the input buffer. The next INPUT statement for the same iteration of the DATA step continues to read the same record rather than a new one. …

Feb 2, 2015 · DATE9. is an INFORMAT. In an INPUT statement, it provides the SAS interpreter with a set of translation commands it can send to the compiler to turn your text into the right …

Mar 30, 2023 · In SAS, I am trying to convert a character value to numeric with 2 decimal points? It works most of the time except when I get an input value with no decimals. For example: …

Feb 2, 2019 · I need to figure out the correct input statement to read in the data from datalines. Tried pointers and positional values data oscar; input @1 oscardate $ @9 oscaryear @14 …

May 24, 2022 · So SAS will first convert the number 22,790 into a string using the BEST12. format. Since your informat has a width of only 10 the INPUT () function will try to convert the …

The INPUT () function is similar to reading external data using the INPUT statement. The informat tells SAS how to read the data, and it should be read as numeric.

Nov 4, 2016 · If you want the field to store the value 20141231 for 31DEC2014, you can do this: proc sql; create table want as select input(put(date,yymmddn8.),8.) as date_num from have; …

Oct 31, 2021 · You can use best32. to get more, but remember the numeric field can only actually store 15 or so digits precisely (on both sides of the decimal combined). Hence why *1 gives …

Oct 13, 2021 · Here's when you might want to use it: List input requires that you specify the variable names in the INPUT statement in the same order that the fields appear in the input …

Jul 31, 2016 · So the input function takes the variable and an informat as arguments, while the put functions takes the variable and a format as arguments, right? If that is the case, why is the …