Date:         Thu, 20 Apr 2006 17:59:06 -0500
Reply-To:     Jiann-Shiun Huang <Jiann-Shiun.Huang@AMERUS.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Jiann-Shiun Huang <Jiann-Shiun.Huang@AMERUS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Truncate numerical variables
Comments: To: Mindy <zhumin80@GMAIL.COM>
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Mindy:

  Try the following code and output follows the code.

data temp;
  input A;
datalines;
1000
2000
30000
4000
;

data Result;
  set temp;
  A3=substr(compress(put(A, 8.)),1,3);
  drop A;
run;

proc print data=Result;
run;

                                          The SAS System        11:03
Thursday, April 20, 2006  62

                                            Obs    A3

                                             1     100
                                             2     200
                                             3     300
                                             4     400


J S Huang
1-515-557-3987
fax 1-515-557-2422

>>> Mindy <zhumin80@GMAIL.COM> 04/20/06 5:42 PM >>>
Hi, all,

I have some numerical variables, i.e.
1000
2000
30000
4000
Now I only want the first three digits of these numerical
variables,i.e.
100
200
300
400
How can I do this in SAS? I only know function SUBSTR but it is for
character variables.

Thank you,

Mindy