topic Re: How to Add 0 before number in SAS Procedures

How to Add 0 before number

Ravikumarpa4 — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 04:55:01 GMT

I've N number of zip codes but I need zip code minimum should be 6 numbers if less then it should prefix with '0'. Please help me on this

Re: How to Add 0 before number

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 05:08:51 GMT

If it is already stored as character, do this:

zipcode = put(input(zipcode,best.),z6.);

else, you need to convert to character:

zipcode_char = put(zipcode,z6.);

or you simply assign it the format for display:

format zipcode z6.;

Re: How to Add 0 before number

Ravikumarpa4 — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 05:26:56 GMT

Complete data in number format so I can use as format option right?

Regards
Ravikumar

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Re: How to Add 0 before number

Reeza — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 05:33:40 GMT

Depends. Try it and see if it meets your requirements.

Re: How to Add 0 before number

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 05:38:14 GMT

Converting to number and then using a format provides for the simplest code. But you might to have to solve other issues (blanks within zipcodes etc) first for this to work.

In this like in most other cases, testing beats speculating

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Re: How to Add 0 before number

RW9 — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 08:33:29 GMT

Whilst I agree with the above, if number convert is easiest, if the data contains non numerics that isn't going to work, so here is a text version:

data want;
  input zip $;
  if lengthn(zip) < 6 then zip=cats(repeat("0",5-lengthn(zip)),zip);
datalines;
12345
123456
12AE4
1
;
run;