Hi,
I am trying to put leading zeros into my code but I can't seem to get it to work, any ideas please?
data test1; set steve_201708; length mortgage1 $10.; mortgage1=(put(input(mortgage,z10.),Z10.)); keep mortgage mortgage1; run;
The input() function requires an informat, and there is no Zw. informat (there is only the output format Zw.)
So you just need to adapt the informat:
data test1; set steve_201708; length mortgage1 $10.; mortgage1=(put(input(mortgage,10.),Z10.)); keep mortgage mortgage1; run;
Is mortgage really a character variable, or is it numeric? If the latter, just doing
mortgage1=put(mortgage,Z10.);
would be sufficient.
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