| Date: | Mon, 9 Nov 2009 10:59:26 -0800 |
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| Reply-To: | Daniel Nordlund <djnordlund@VERIZON.NET> |
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| Sender: | "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> |
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| From: | Daniel Nordlund <djnordlund@VERIZON.NET> |
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| Subject: | Re: Characters in numeric fields as numbers? |
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| In-Reply-To: | <1463076475-1257750666-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1120474693-@bda019.bisx.prodap.on.blackberry> |
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On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 07:12 +0000, Murphy Choy wrote:
> Hi to all,
>
> Forgive me for my ignorance. I came across some sas codes written with .n and .s values in a numeric field and they show up as characters in the numeric field. Where can I find more information on this?
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld
>
> --
> Regards,
> Murphy Choy
>
> Certified Advanced Programmer for SAS V9
> Certified Basic Programmer for SAS V9
Those are "special" missing values. You can read up on then in the SAS
documentation.
Hope this is helpful,
Dan
Daniel Nordlund
Bothell, WA USA
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