Excel text function and SAS put function

[tesu]

Dear all,

I have a SAS data set(mydata.sas7bdat). It looks like the following:

Field1

24

3872

349

1111

If I use text function in Excel, I can convert the numbers to character values using =text(A2, "0000").

Field2

0024

3872

0349

1111

How can I do that in SAS?

[Peter_C]

ODS tagsets.excelxp

provides a way to do this

It allows you to define the custom format for excel to apply the format

It also allows you to apply an excel formula

There are many examples in the ODS forum

[Haikuo · Accepted solution]

Not sure if this is what you want:

data have;

input Field1;

cards;

24

3872

349

1111

;

data want (keep=_c rename=_c=Field1);

set have;

_c=put(field1,z4.);

run;

proc print;run;

Regards,

Haikuo

[tesu]

Thank you, Haikuo. It works!

[Linlin]

or

data have;

input Field1;

cards;

24

3872

349

1111

;

proc sql;

  select put(field1,z4.) as field1

    from have;

quit;

[kuridisanjeev]

data have;

input Field1;

cards;

24

3872

349

1111

;

run;

data have1;

set have;

if length(field1)=1 then "000"||field1;

else;

if length(field1)=2 then "00"||field1;

else;

if length(field1)=3 then "0"||field1;

else field1=field1;

run;

Regards

Sanjeev K

[Peter_C]

SAnjeev

YOu have to learn about the Z. format. The example a few postings earlier in this thread show how much it improves on your solution.