Format | Informat | They are used to display the data in the SAS format. | They help to process the input data which is prefixed by the in- is implied. |
It was previously defined with the value statement using the PROC STATEMENT. | It is referred to as optional SAS informat name. |
WORDIATE18, WEEKDATEW are formats | Comma,Dollar,Date,MMDDYYw, DATEw, TIMEw,PERCENTw are informats |