Date:         Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:34:35 -0700
Reply-To:     "Schwarz, Barry A" <barry.a.schwarz@BOEING.COM>
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From:         "Schwarz, Barry A" <barry.a.schwarz@BOEING.COM>
Subject:      Re: Format Integer to "003" in SAS
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Do you really need the value stored in a character variable with leading
zeros or do you just want it displayed that way in your output?

Your text asks for two digits; your example shows three.  Which is it?

-----Original Message-----
From: maryann
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 10:16 AM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Format Integer to "003" in SAS

How do I convert, format or cast an variable that will contain a
number (let's say 4) as "04"?

This variable will eventually be storing numbers from 1 to 30.   I
need to show it as a two digits all the time.   In the process I will
convert it from integer to varchar to show the 2 digits.

Here are more examples:

initial value    desired value
1                        001
6                        006
9                        009
13                      013
and so on.