I have HRLYEARN which is infiled as 6.2
So 14.65
but I would like to convert it to an 8-character variable with no decimals ie: '001465'
Been trying for way too long at this point but I can't get it to work.
Do you want to keep the same name? If so you need to rename the old variable.
data want ;
set have ;
new =put(HRLYEARN*100,Z8.);
rename new=HRLYEARN HRLYEARN=old_HRLYEARN ;
run;
data w;
k=14.65;
k1=compress(put(k,z9.2),'.');
run;
Do you want to keep the same name? If so you need to rename the old variable.
data want ;
set have ;
new =put(HRLYEARN*100,Z8.);
rename new=HRLYEARN HRLYEARN=old_HRLYEARN ;
run;
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