fill the digits with zero

[Smitha9]

Hi,

I have a data example:

ID

1

20

345

4654

I want to make the above ID to 5digits by filling the initial digits with Zero. 

Example:

ID

00001

00020

00345

04654

can anyone help me with this? thank you in advance

[Reeza · Accepted solution]

Assuming these are numbers then the following will work:

age_displayed_format shows how to change the format for display. This does not change the underlying values so you can still do calculations if necessary. Sorts will be numeric still.

age_converted shows how to change the type into a character and you cannot do mathematical calculations on the variable any longer. Sorts will be alphabetic. 

I don't think in this case the sort issue matters.

data want;
set sashelp.class;

age_displayed_format = age;
format age_displayed_format z5.;

age_converted = put(age, z5.);
format age_converted $5.;

run;

proc print data=want;
var age:;
run;

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@Smitha9 wrote:

Hi,

I have a data example:

ID

1

20

345

4654

I want to make the above ID to 5digits by filling the initial digits with Zero. 

Example:

ID

00001

00020

00345

04654

can anyone help me with this? thank you in advance

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