Date:         Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:21:03 -0700
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From:         gayakrup@GMAIL.COM
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Subject:      character to numeric
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Iam trying to write a format to use th evariable later as  a
numeric,iam not sure of wat to add.

Proc format;
   value park
   0='mon - 0'
   1='tue - 1'
   2='wed - 2'
   3='thur - 3'
   4='fri - 4'
   5='Sat - 5';
   run;
I need a statement to convert park to a numeric value to use later
on ...put or input
  proc sort data=vis out=days (keep =  visit park);
    by visit;
    where  visit >= 8 ;
  run;