Date:         Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:57:13 +0000
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From:         karma <dorjetarap@GOOGLEMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: withdraw format
Comments: To: ash007 <RamsamyAshley@gmail.com>
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Hi Ash,

You can remove the formats with:

format _all_;

This will work in proc datasets and the datastep.

For your example:

proc datasets lib=work nolist;
    modify tata;
    format _all_;
quit;run;

or

data TOTO;
   set TATA;
   format _all_;
   run;

HTH

2008/12/15 ash007 <RamsamyAshley@gmail.com>:
> Hello,
>
> Is someone know how to remove the format with a proc dataset - a pgm
> which will working like this :
>
> DATA TOTO;
>        SET TATA;
>
> FORMAT
>  VAR1
>  VAR2
>  VAR3
>  VAR4
>  VAR5
>
> ;
> RUN;
>
> Thanks.
>
> ash007.
>