I am writing a SAS dataset to an excel file using the FILE command, not the ODS to which I may not have permission since I am using SAS University edition.
Is there any commands to prevent the leading zeros from being stripped away when being written to the excel file, using the FILE command.
Thanks,
Karen
Please provide example of your data and how you wrote the file if you would like any tested code provided.
You may have to force quotes into the output data otherwise it is Excel stripping the leading values, treating a variable that should be character as a number.
Add a character value before it . Like : single quote( ' ) or TAB character ( '09'x ) .
Join us for SAS Innovate April 16-19 at the Aria in Las Vegas. Bring the team and save big with our group pricing for a limited time only.
Pre-conference courses and tutorials are filling up fast and are always a sellout. Register today to reserve your seat.
Learn how use the CAT functions in SAS to join values from multiple variables into a single value.
Find more tutorials on the SAS Users YouTube channel.