Check if a column has numeric data

[#1]

Hi everyone,

I loop over columns in a table collected from the DB.  Some of them have no data in them (leading to empty charts).  Is there a way to check if a column has numeric values?

thx guys,

Jan

[#2]

Hi,

Anydigit(string), is 0 if doesn't contain digits, 1 if it does.

If you want to check if they are convertible to number then do:

if anyalpha(string)=0 then no upper or lower characters so assume number.

If you have special characters then compress them out.

E.g.:

data have;

  attrib my_string format=$20.;

  my_string="12345"; output;

  my_string="-12345"; output;

  my_string="ABC12345"; output;

run;

data want;

  set have;

  attrib my_num_var format=best.;

  have_any_digit=anydigit(my_string);

  have_convertible=anyalpha(compress(my_string,"-+."));

  if have_convertible=0 then my_num_var=input(my_string,best.);

run;

[#3 · Accepted solution]

Thank you,

It seems that my version of JMP (11.1.1 x64) doesn't recognize the Anydigit function, however your answer led straigth to my answer:

ColMinValue = Col Minimum( :MyColumn );

Is Missing(ColMinValue) -> true if there is no value for ColMinValue.

Thx!!!

Jan