Date:         Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:56:58 -0700
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From:         "dirk.vk" <dirk.vk@GMAIL.COM>
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Subject:      Re: One liner to convert numeric ssn to 9-digit character
              variable with leading zeros
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Hi John, how about the zx. format?

I don't know much about these SocSecNr.s but from your post I gather
that you want to do this:

* Imagine this is your data;
data SocNum;
  input ssn;
  cards;
99882
555556888
  ;
run;

* Using z9. will add leading zeroes;
data _null_;
  set SocNum;
  file 'C:\test.txt';
  put ssn z9.;
run;

* Contents of test.txt:
000099882
555556888
;

Cheers,
Dirk