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vigneshkru
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My SAS program takes an input field in PD3(packed decimal) format and gives the output in 5(number format)
eg the input is -- > @25 ENTITY PD3.
output is --> @25 ENTITY 5.
I read that alphanumeric fields need to start with $. So in this case if I just mark the output as ENTITY $5 or is there some more coding that I need to do to covert to alphanumeric? |
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Robert Sample
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If you absolutely have to have SAS treat the variable as alphanumeric (for output purposes it doesn't matter -- only if you need the variable within your SAS program to be alphanumeric), you could say
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| ENTITYAN = PUT(ENTITY,$5.) ; |
to guarantee ENTITYAN is alphanumeric. |
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vasanthz
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Hi,
I think the code must be
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| ENTITYAN = PUT(ENTITY,5.) ; |
without $ ?
Syntax:
INPUT(source,informat)
PUT(source,format)
Hope this helps 
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Robert Sample
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| ENTITYAN = PUT(ENTITY,$5.) ; |
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| ENTITYAN = PUT(ENTITY,5.) ; |
both work. |
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vasanthz
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Hi Vignesh,
You are already reading the data in pd3. informat (which is numeric) and this is not a character.
A Put statement will do the trick. PUT fucnction conversion is not required.
Put function is required only for numeric to character conversion.
is correct.
Robert,
Please correct me if I am wrong.
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Robert Sample
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| Vasanth, I don't know if you're right or wrong -- the o/p hasn't clarified what the requirement is. If the SAS program needs the data as character internally, the PUT function will be the best way to handle the requirement. If all the o/p is doing is wanting to output the data as if it were character, either your PUT statement or the PUT function can be used. |
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vigneshkru
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hey.. thanks for ur help.. to explain the situation more clearly.. i am getting input from a dataset which is giving me input in packed decimal(PD3). output is currently numeric(5).
This is because usually the output is a 5 digit number. However in some cases the data is in alphanumeric format. So when i am fetching the whole list of data these aphanumeric values alone do not show up in the output... |
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Robert Sample
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In such a case, I would do something like
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INPUT ENTITYAN $3. ;
ENTITY = INPUT(ENTITYAN,PD3.) ;
IF ENTITY = . THEN PUT ENTITYAN $3. ;
ELSE PUT ENTITY 5. ; |
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