Date:         Fri, 7 Sep 2001 04:50:45 +0000
Reply-To:     sashole@bellsouth.net
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Paul Dorfman <paul_dorfman@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Newbie Question, please help...
Comments: To: giuliobelrango@HOME.COM
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Giulio,

If you do not perform any numerical manipulations on the field, input it as
character (i.e. uninterpreted) using the informat $char2., and output it
using either no format at all ($2. format will be assumed by default) or the
$2. format. This simply passes the field the way it was in the input.

If there are some computations on the field and thus you need SAS to
interpret it as a numeric variable, then use the format Z2. to write it. The
format will write the numeric variables with leading zeroes.

Kind regards,
=================
Paul M. Dorfman
Jacksonville, FL
=================
>From: Giulio Belrango <giuliobelrango@HOME.COM>
>Reply-To: Giulio Belrango <giuliobelrango@HOME.COM>
>To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: Newbie Question, please help...
>Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 02:19:30 GMT
>
>I'm working in an IBM mainframe envirionment  using SAS 8.
>
>I'm inputing a field :
>input @1 num 2.0;
>
>I then output thus :
>put @1 num 2.0;
>
>The input data is '01', when I output the field it is ' 1', the leading
>zero
>is suppressed.
>I want the output to '01' . I've tried converting/put()/informating but the
>leading zeroes are always suppressed.
>
>Any help appreciated.
>
>Thanks..


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