Date:         Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:12:50 -0400
Reply-To:     "Sridhar, Nagakumar" <nagakumar.sridhar@SPCORP.COM>
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From:         "Sridhar, Nagakumar" <nagakumar.sridhar@SPCORP.COM>
Subject:      Re: loosing zero numbers
Comments: To: Ran S <raan67@YAHOO.COM>
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Ran:
        Is this what you're looking for?

data have;
        length c $8. newvar 4.;
        format newvar z4.;
        input a $3. b $4.;
        c=a||'_'||b;
        newvar=a;
        cards;
0010001
0170002
1880003
;
run;

proc print;
run;

-----Original Message-----
From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ran S
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 9:02 AM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: loosing zero numbers


Hi,

I have dataset like:
A B
001 0001
017 0002
188 0003


Now I would like to concatenate A and B and I would like to keep zero’s I have in the beginning of each number. Such as I get 001_0001, 017_0002….

But when I am doing that using this code C=A||’_’||B, I am loosing zeros and I am getting

1_1
17_2
188_3


Second, I am also trying to create a new variable A (4 digits) and I would like to show this new variable as 0001,0017,0188. How can add ‘0’ in the beginning of each number. I tried to use the code: =”0”||A. But its not working.


Thanks!
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