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The OPTMODEL Procedure

Conversions

Numeric values are implicitly converted to strings when needed for function arguments or operands to the string concatenation operator (||). A warning message is generated when the conversion is applied to a function argument. The conversion uses BEST12. format. Unlike the DATA step, the conversion trims blanks.

Implicit conversion of strings to numbers is not permitted. Use the INPUT function to explicitly perform such conversions.

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