Date:         Thu, 10 Apr 2003 19:34:25 -0400
Reply-To:     Sigurd Hermansen <HERMANS1@WESTAT.COM>
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From:         Sigurd Hermansen <HERMANS1@WESTAT.COM>
Subject:      Re: switch variable character into numeric
Comments: To: kfran <kfran@FR.ST>
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In a DATA step, try the statement form x=inputn(source, best.);
in a SQL SELECT or WHERE clause, try ...,inputn(source, best.) as x,..... .

Replace 'source' with the character variable name. You may also replace
'best.' (an informat) with any of many different numeric informats. 'x', of
course, stands for any variable name.

Sig

-----Original Message-----
From: kfran [mailto:kfran@FR.ST]
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 6:00 PM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: switch variable character into numeric


Hi,
I am a French student
I have a problem on SAS I want to switch a character variable into numeric
variable
for that I use the function inputn(source, informat., W, d)
soucre -> name of the variable
informat -> I do not know what write
can you help me
thank you in advance