Date:         Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:36:36 -0500
Reply-To:     Dave Scocca <dave@SCOCCA.ORG>
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From:         Dave Scocca <dave@SCOCCA.ORG>
Subject:      Re: count the digits of numbers
Comments: To: Stefan Pohl <stefan.pohl@ISH.DE>
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--On 2/21/2008 6:31 PM +0100 Stefan Pohl wrote:

> I want to count the digits of numbers in SAS,
> for ex.: 1029 has 4 digits.
>
> Is there a function in SAS to do this?

I suspect taking INT() of LOG10() and adding one should do the trick.

e.g.,

digits = int(log10(x))+1 ;


Dave