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Date:   Wed, 19 Apr 2006 01:43:11 -0700
Reply-To:   Sudhir <sudhirkalra28@GMAIL.COM>
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From:   Sudhir <sudhirkalra28@GMAIL.COM>
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Subject:   Re: Change SAS Variable type from Numeric to Character
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Just run this code it will work.. I am not sure about how much charater there will be in your variable, so I am taking length as 16 for new character variable.

data two; set one; acct_nbr_2 = put (acct_nbr_1,$16.); run;

thanks, sudhir

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