Date:         Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:04:28 -0800
Reply-To:     H S <jint83@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         H S <jint83@GMAIL.COM>
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Subject:      INPUT VS PUT, FORMAT VS INFORMAT
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Hi,
I spent 20 minutes reading SAS documentation but I am still too stupid
to comprehend what it says.


The difference between put and input is one acts on format and the
other acts on informat.


put (source, format)
input(source, informat)

If I understand correctly, format is output attribute and informat is
input attribute.
So why is it that put can convert num2char and input can convert
char2num?