/*

Here is another example of converting character variables to numeric.  
This is useful if you have a large number of character variables that 
you need to convert.

17 JUL 96 -- sas.help@umich.edu

*/

data test;
   length char1-char3 $ 5;
   input char1-char3;
 datalines;
   12 34 0567
   266 045 299
   1  130 1220
   ;

proc print data=test;
   title 'printout of data with character variables';
run;

data new;
   set test;
   array char(3) $ char1-char3;
   array num(3)  num1-num3;
   do i=1 to 3;
    num(i)=input(char(i),8.1);
   end;
   drop i char1-char3;

proc print data=new;
  title 'printout of data with numeric variables';
run;