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Introduction

If you completed the lesson , you learned to associate formats with variables either temporarily or permanently.

SAS Format


But sometimes you might want to create custom formats for displaying variable values. For example, you can format a product number so that it is displayed as descriptive text, as shown below.

Your Format


Using the FORMAT procedure, you can define your own formats for variables. You can store your formats temporarily or permanently, and you can display a list of all your formats and descriptions of their values.


Time to Complete

This lesson contains pages and takes approximately 1 hour to complete.


Objectives

In this lesson, you learn to

  • create your own formats for displaying variable values
  • permanently store the formats that you create
  • associate your formats with variables.

Prerequisites

Before taking this lesson, you should complete the following lessons:

  • .

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