Explain the difference between informat and format with an example.
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Answer / Avanish Shukla
Informats are used to convert character data into SAS formats before it is stored in a data set. Formats are used to control how SAS displays numeric and date values. For example, if you have a date variable 'date' and want to display it in the MM/DD/YYYY format, you would use a format like: format date mmddyy10.nInformat: informat date date9.;
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