Date:         Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:51:19 -0400
Reply-To:     "Howard Schreier <hs AT dc-sug DOT org>"
              <schreier.junk.mail@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         "Howard Schreier <hs AT dc-sug DOT org>"
              <schreier.junk.mail@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Character values to month

On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:17:24 -0400, Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
wrote:

>Nat,
>
>How about a solution with NO functions?
>
>Data Mon;
>  format mon3 monname3.;
>  Do Txt = '1' to '12';
>    Mon3 =  txt*29;
>    output;
>  end;
>run;
>
>proc print;run;
>
>This MUST be Friday,
>Art

OK, but it still does not quite model the original problem because TXT is
numeric.

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>>>> From: DP
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone please tell me how to convert a character value to
>>>> month? For
>>>> instance, convert '1' to Jan, '2' to Feb, '3' to Mar, etc...
>>>> One thing I can think of is to create a format and then apply
>>>> the format to
>>>> the variable. Is there another efficient way of doing this?

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