What is the purpose of _character_ and _numeric_?



What is the purpose of _character_ and _numeric_?..

Answer / Ruchika Sharma

The _character_ and _numeric_ are automatic variables in SAS. The _character_ variable contains a representation of all character data in the data set, while the _numeric_ variable contains a representation of all numeric data.

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