Convert all character variables to numeric and use the same variable names Convert all character variables to numeric and use the same variable names To solutions a ...

If you define a numeric variable and assign the result of a character expression to it, SAS tries to convert the character result of the expression to a numeric value and to execute the statement. If ...

1If not explicitly defined, a variable's type and length are implicitly defined by its first occurrence in a DATA step. 2The minimum length is 2 bytes in some operating environments, 3 in others. See ...