ZIPFIPS

ZIPFIPS

Converts ZIP codes to FIPS state codes

Category: State and ZIP Code

Syntax
Arguments
Details
Examples
See Also

Syntax

ZIPFIPS(zip-code)

Arguments

zip-code

specifies any SAS character expression containing a five-digit ZIP code.

Requirement:

The character expressions you use must have a length of five, or the ZIPFIPS function generates an error.

Details

The ZIPFIPS function returns the two-digit numeric U.S. Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code corresponding to its five-character ZIP code argument.

Examples

SAS Statements Results

fips=zipfips('27511'); put fips;

37

a='27511'; fips=zipfips(a); put fips;

37

See Also

SAS Statements	Results
fips=zipfips('27511'); put fips;	37
a='27511'; fips=zipfips(a); put fips;	37

Functions:

ZIPNAME

ZIPNAMEL

ZIPSTATE

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