Date:         Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:03:10 -0800
Reply-To:     Suvi <svbsas@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Suvi <svbsas@GMAIL.COM>
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Subject:      Prefixing Zero to Numeric Variable
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Hi Friends,

I have a numeric varibale with defualt lenght( up to 8 digits) .In the
data set values will come in different lenghts..

Please look at the below example.

data Test;
   input empid  empname ;
   cards;
3450    AAA
124859 BBB
10210 CCC
;
run;

Here i want to prefix 0 with the empid which is less then 8 digits.

Let us say for first obs it should be 00003450 , and second obs it
should be 00124859.

Here we can do this by applying Z8. format. but i dont want to apply
the format and i want to perfix zero as actual values.

Could you please help me to solve this?

Thanks & Regards
Suvi.