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effi_tesler
Calcite | Level 5

Hi,

 

In tagset excelxp I can maintain a text cell by using  tagattr="@" 

It doesn't seem to  work in ods excel

What can I do to display a cell  that contains numbers as  text?

 

Example code:

 

data qa;

length a $19;

a='0001111111111111111';

run;

 

ods excel  tagset=ExcelXP file="&sasrepdev/qa.xlsx";

 

PROC PRINT DATA=qa NOOBS LABEL HEADING=H;

  VAR a           / style (data)=data {tagattr="@"};           

run;       

ods _all_ close;

 

The xlsx file contain a numeric cell and therefore the result is 1111111111111110

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BrunoMueller
SAS Super FREQ

hi

 

as a workaround you can use:

tagattr='type:String'

 

Below is an example

 

proc print data=qa noobs label ;
  var a / style (data)= {tagattr='type:String'};
run;

Bruno

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BrunoMueller
SAS Super FREQ

hi

 

as a workaround you can use:

tagattr='type:String'

 

Below is an example

 

proc print data=qa noobs label ;
  var a / style (data)= {tagattr='type:String'};
run;

Bruno

effi_tesler
Calcite | Level 5
Thank you Bruno

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