To the OP: are you stating that you have either a SAS database file (or an external file) with numeric values which you want to translate into related verbiage that conveys their "x to the power of y" in a report or some other type of output-display representation?
It would be most helpful to demonstrate your interest/objective with this post by sending a post-reply with both INPUT and OUTPUT data representations that you would like to see as if it were in a SAS database file and variable situation.
Of course, some additional info about how you intend to use this information would be a curious bit of extra-credit work on your part, especially given the attention gained with your intial post and how it was worded.
Scott Barry
SBBWorks, Inc.
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