https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/duplicate-a-number/m-p/17463#M3317 Please help clarify your question - are you saying that you have a data value (either in a SAS table or as external data), and you want to create a SAS data library member with some number of duplicate (value stored) SAS variables stored in the same SAS table?<BR /> <BR /> It may be better to share a sample INPUT and OUTPUT data file structure listing sample column / field names and desired row/column data values.<BR /> <BR /> Scott Barry<BR /> SBBWorks, Inc. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:34:26 GMT sbb 2009-04-10T20:34:26Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/duplicate-a-number/m-p/17462#M3316 how can i get 5 identical numbers from one number<BR /> ex= from 0.56, i want to have 0.56 five times Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:27:15 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/duplicate-a-number/m-p/17462#M3316 deleted_user 2009-04-10T20:27:15Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/duplicate-a-number/m-p/17463#M3317 Please help clarify your question - are you saying that you have a data value (either in a SAS table or as external data), and you want to create a SAS data library member with some number of duplicate (value stored) SAS variables stored in the same SAS table?<BR /> <BR /> It may be better to share a sample INPUT and OUTPUT data file structure listing sample column / field names and desired row/column data values.<BR /> <BR /> Scott Barry<BR /> SBBWorks, Inc. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:34:26 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/duplicate-a-number/m-p/17463#M3317 sbb 2009-04-10T20:34:26Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/duplicate-a-number/m-p/17464#M3318 You might want to look into arrays.<BR /> <BR /> /Linus Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:12:18 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/duplicate-a-number/m-p/17464#M3318 LinusH 2009-04-10T21:12:18Z