Convert the numeric values in dataset to an in memory two dimensional array multi-language %let pgm=utl-convert-the-numeric-values-in-sas-dataset-to-an-in-memory-two-dimensional-array-multi-language; ...

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 ...

The default length of numeric variables in SAS data sets is 8 bytes. (You can control the length of SAS numeric variables with the LENGTH statement in the DATA step.) In the SAS System under Windows, ...