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YYQRxw.

YYQRxw.

Writes date values as the year and the quarter in Roman numerals and separates them with characters

Category: Date and Time
Alignment: right

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details
Examples
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Syntax

YYQRxw.

Syntax Description

x
specifies the separators, which can be colons, dashes, periods, or other specific characters. For a list of the possible values of x, see the table in Details.

w
specifies the width of the output field.
Default: 5
Range: 3-32
Tip: If w is too small to print a four-digit year, only the last two digits of the year print.

Details

The following table shows the separators that correspond to the possible x values:

Syntax Separator
YYQRw. uppercase Q
YYQRCw. colon
YYQRDw. dash
YYQRNw. no separator
YYQRPw. period
YYQRSw. forward slash

Examples

The example table uses the input value of 13605, which is the SAS date value that corresponds to April 1, 1997.

SAS Statements Results 


----+----1----+
 

put date yyqr8.;
 

 1997QII
 

put date yyqrc8.;
 

 1997:II
 

put date yyqrd8.;
 

 1997-II
 

put date yyqrn7.;
 

  1997II
 

put date yyqrp8.;
 

 1997.II
 

put date yyqrs8.;
 

1997/II

See Also

Format:

YYQxw.


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