SAS Tutorial | How to convert character to numeric in SAS

In this SAS How To Tutorial, Anna Yarbrough addresses one of the most commonly addressed topics in the SAS community; how to convert character to numeric in SAS. SAS supports two variable types only: char and num. If you read a value from another source that *looks* like character data, like a formatted date or currency, but you want to retain ability to "do math," you must convert.

This SAS tutorial covers SAS character functions, including the INPUT function, and informats to tell SAS how to read your value properly and retain integrity of the value. In addition to showing how to convert character to numeric, Anna covers how to go the other direction when you need to convert numeric to character in SAS.

Chapters
0:00 – Convert character to numeric in SAS
4:22 – Convert numeric to character in SAS

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◉ SAS 9.4 Formats and Informats: Reference – go.documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=leforinforre…

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