The NLPCT informat does not read all values correctly. Negative values with more than one digit after the decimal point are problematic. The informat reads all values correctly prior to the third maintenance release of SAS^® 9.4 (TS1M3).

The example code below illustrates the problem:

data test_EN;   
   input a nlpct.; 
   put a= a=nlpct20.2 a=20.4;
   datalines; 
9%
-9%
0.9%
-0.9% 
0.09%
-0.09%
0.01%
-0.01%
; 
run;

The sixth and eighth observations produce incorrect values for variable A. Notice the first values in each row of the SAS^® log output shown on the Output tab.

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Operating System and Release Information

/* SAS Log output showing incorrect values for sixth and eighth rows */
a=0.09 a=9.00% a=0.0900
a=-0.09 a=-9.00% a=-0.0900
a=0.009 a=0.90% a=0.0090
a=-0.009 a=-0.90% a=-0.0090
a=0.0009 a=0.09% a=0.0009
a=-0.09 a=-9.00% a=-0.0900
a=0.0001 a=0.01% a=0.0001
a=-0.01 a=-1.00% a=-0.0100


The correct values for the sixth and eighth rows are:

a=-0.0009 a=-0.09% a=-0.0009
a=-0.0001 a=-0.01% a=-0.0001

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M3 is available at: