Date:         Fri, 26 Nov 2010 10:53:55 -0800
Reply-To:     "Jack F. Hamilton" <jfh@STANFORDALUMNI.ORG>
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From:         "Jack F. Hamilton" <jfh@STANFORDALUMNI.ORG>
Subject:      Re: percent2.
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It doesn't work because the PERCENT format requires a minimum width of 4, as shown in the documentation.

It doesn't matter whether you can actually fit the number into the space - what matters is how the format is defined.

You can write your own format with different width restrictions using PROC FORMAT.



On Nov 26, 2010, at 9:23 , bbser2009 wrote:

> I was trying to run the code below, but ended up getting this error: Format
> PERCENT specified with width out of range.
> I do not quite understand this. I can use the informat percent2. for 2%, but
> it is wrong to use the format percent2. to output 2%?
> Any comments, please? Thanks. Max
>
> data temp;
> input x percent2.;
> cards;
> 2%
> ;
> proc print;
> format x percent2.;
> run;