/*  day 3, pgm 3.2                 */
 /*                                 */
 /* let's look at numeric constants */
  data b ;
   x1 = .1 ;
   x2 = 2. ;
   x3 = 30.0 ;
   x4 = 3,000 ;     * this should mess up, but what ;
   x5 = 3000 ;      
   x6 = 3e3 ;
   x7 = 3e+3 ;
   x8 = 3e-3 ;
   x9 = -3e-3 ;
run ;

  proc print data=b ;
   title 'Constants' ;
run ;

proc contents data = b;run;