Date:         Thu, 11 Dec 1997 10:40:12 -0500
Reply-To:     "Dorfman, Paul" <pdorfma@UCS.ATT.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Dorfman, Paul" <pdorfma@UCS.ATT.COM>
Subject:      Leading Zero
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On 10 Dec 1997 Haoran Lu, in particular, wrote:
 
>Using Proc Report, I would like to print out report without a zero
before the decimal point, e.g., I want
>-0.35 printed as -.35 or 0.56 as .56.  What are the appropriate formats
I can use?  I tried the Picture >option in Proc Format, but it won't
print the negative sign.
 
Haoran,
 
Use format 3.2 and you should be fine.
 
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Paul M. Dorfman
AT&T UCS
Decision Support Systems
Jax, Fl
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