Reminder: You can use data set options with the CNTLIN= and CNTLOUT= data set options.See Data Set Options for a list. Specify a SAS catalog that will contain the informats or formats that you are ...

Here, the INPUT function in combination with the w.d informat reads the character value of TempCharacter as a numeric value and assigns the numeric value 98.6 to TemperatureNumber. Use the PUT ...