Date:         Fri, 22 Sep 2006 00:19:43 -0700
Reply-To:     Fei <joey_qf@163.COM>
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From:         Fei <joey_qf@163.COM>
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Subject:      How to convert character format to numeric format?
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Hi guys:

I imported date data from Excel to SAS. For some reasons, SAS
recognised this variable as character. I do not want to re-import it
again, but I need numeric format!  Is there a code to convert this
variable to numeric?

Thanks