I have a long list of zip codes that is a string of unformatted numeric numbers. I need to format them with a hyphen (re: zip+4) and if the zip only has 5 digits, I need a 0 in front it as well.
Data:
obs zip
1 985051536
2 65132022
3 217718034
I want:
obs zip
1 98505-1536
2 06513-2022
3 21771-8034
data have;
input obs zip : $20.;
cards;
1 985051536
2 65132022
3 217718034
;
proc format;
picture fmt
low-high='99999-9999'
;
run;
data want;
set have;
want=input(zip,best32.);
format want fmt.;
run;
data have;
input obs zip : $20.;
cards;
1 985051536
2 65132022
3 217718034
;
proc format;
picture fmt
low-high='99999-9999'
;
run;
data want;
set have;
want=input(zip,best32.);
format want fmt.;
run;
Thanks!
If it is not easy to design such a format, you can use character functions:
data have;
input ip $42.;
cards;
985051536
65132022
217718034
;
run;
data want;
set have;
new_ip=ifc(length(ip)<9,'0',trimn(''))||ip;
new_ip=substr(new_ip,1,5)||'-'||substr(new_ip,6);
run;
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