https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-create-a-character-variable-with-numbers-in-values/m-p/392883#M94590 <P>Simple example</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <PRE><CODE class=" language-sas">data class; length id $6; set sashelp.class; id=cat("id-",put(_n_,z3.)); run;</CODE></PRE> Sun, 03 Sep 2017 23:35:21 GMT ChrisBrooks 2017-09-03T23:35:21Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-create-a-character-variable-with-numbers-in-values/m-p/392882#M94589 <P>Hello,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I have a data set but without the study ID. In total there are 289 study subjects and I want to create a variable called "studyid" for each of them like this:</P><P>studyid</P><P>id-001</P><P>id-002</P><P>...</P><P>id-289.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I have searched many files but still cannot figure out the way. Does anyone can offer me some suggestions? Thank you!</P> Sun, 03 Sep 2017 23:24:27 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-create-a-character-variable-with-numbers-in-values/m-p/392882#M94589 Therain 2017-09-03T23:24:27Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-create-a-character-variable-with-numbers-in-values/m-p/392883#M94590 <P>Simple example</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <PRE><CODE class=" language-sas">data class; length id $6; set sashelp.class; id=cat("id-",put(_n_,z3.)); run;</CODE></PRE> Sun, 03 Sep 2017 23:35:21 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-create-a-character-variable-with-numbers-in-values/m-p/392883#M94590 ChrisBrooks 2017-09-03T23:35:21Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-create-a-character-variable-with-numbers-in-values/m-p/392884#M94591 <P>Thank you Chris! That works perfectly!</P> Sun, 03 Sep 2017 23:39:51 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-create-a-character-variable-with-numbers-in-values/m-p/392884#M94591 Therain 2017-09-03T23:39:51Z