Date:         Thu, 3 May 2001 09:22:07 -0400
Reply-To:     Edward Heaton <HEATONE@WESTAT.COM>
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From:         Edward Heaton <HEATONE@WESTAT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Character to Numeric
Comments: To: Magnus Wiberg <MagnusW@IUI.SE>
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Magnus;
   The PUT function can be used to convert a numeric value to a character
value; you want to do the reverse.  Try

        aupnatc = input( hif , 3. ) ;

Ed

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-----Original Message-----
From: Magnus Wiberg [mailto:MagnusW@IUI.SE]
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 8:17 AM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject:


How do you convert a text variable to a numeric? The command I use doesn´t
work when there is text present.

data distans(drop hif);
set mergers.distans(rename=(aik=hif));
aupnatc=put(hif, 3.);
run;

Is there a problem with the format 3. maybe?

Magnus