Date:         Sun, 17 Jan 2010 02:25:28 -0600
Reply-To:     Joe Matise <snoopy369@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Joe Matise <snoopy369@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: How is this proc contents possible
Comments: To: Gary Klein <kleingary@yahoo.com>
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This is the discussion I was recalling:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.soft-sys.sas/browse_thread/thread/f4ae4dd6506003ac/92e9816a43ff0f49?#92e9816a43ff0f49
or in tinyurl:
http://tinyurl.com/ygwlxau

-Joe

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 2:20 AM, Joe Matise <snoopy369@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've seen people post that issue to the list before... I don't recall what
> the answer was but it's something marginally goofy.  I wouldn't worry about
> it unless you have trouble with using the dataset (you might need OPTIONS
> NOFMTERR).
>
> -Joe
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Gary Klein <kleingary@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> Please see the output for a proc contents below (excuse the typesetting):
>>
>>
>>           Alphabetic List of Variables and Attributes
>>
>> #   Variable    Type    Len    Format    Informat    Label
>> 1    var1        Char     24    24.       24.         Variable1
>> 2    var2        Char      8    8.        8.          Variable2
>>
>>
>> How does one get a numeric format for a character variable (this dataset
>> was sent to me and I'm trying to figure out how it was created)?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>
>