Modifying Numeric Values with Functions
Introduction to Modifying Numeric Values
You've seen how SAS functions can be used to
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convert between character and numeric variable values
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manipulate SAS date values
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modify values of character variables.
SAS
provides additional functions to create or modify numeric values.
These include arithmetic, financial, and probability functions.
There are far too many of these functions to explore them all in
detail, but let's look at two examples.
INT Function
To
return the integer portion of a numeric value, use the INT
function. Any decimal portion of the INT function argument is
discarded.
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General form, INT function:
INT(argument)
where argument is a numeric variable, constant, ... |
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