Say I have dataset below(x is 0-9 digit).
xx
xxx
xxxxxx
need patch "0"s ahead of them to make them like[length=6; patch 0s ahead if number of digits are less than 6]
0000xx
000xxx
xxxxxx
How to do it? Anyone?
data have;
input var1 $6.;
cards;
xx
xxx
xxxxxx
;
data want;
set have;
need=translate(right(var1),'0',' ');
run;
data have;
input var1 $6.;
cards;
xx
xxx
xxxxxx
;
data want;
set have;
need=translate(right(var1),'0',' ');
run;
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