https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Renaming-variable-starting-with-a-numeric/m-p/479519#M123808 <P>options validvarname=v7;</P> <P>proc import .................</P> Thu, 19 Jul 2018 14:28:52 GMT Ksharp 2018-07-19T14:28:52Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Renaming-variable-starting-with-a-numeric/m-p/479517#M123807 <P>I received a dataset that needs to be imported into sas.&nbsp; One of the fields</P> <P>383_appr_mod&nbsp; begins with a numeric instead of a char.&nbsp; I recall a process where you could use the variable with a&nbsp; 'n however is it possible to demonstrate how to rename this so it can be accepted as an input</P> Thu, 19 Jul 2018 14:26:47 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Renaming-variable-starting-with-a-numeric/m-p/479517#M123807 Q1983 2018-07-19T14:26:47Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Renaming-variable-starting-with-a-numeric/m-p/479519#M123808 <P>options validvarname=v7;</P> <P>proc import .................</P> Thu, 19 Jul 2018 14:28:52 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Renaming-variable-starting-with-a-numeric/m-p/479519#M123808 Ksharp 2018-07-19T14:28:52Z