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DavidPhillips2
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

Is there a way to left align a numeric value that is formatted to a text value?  I am converting numbers to text values so that I can assign ordering, after the conversion the text is right aligned because it came from a number.

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DavidPhillips2
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

left is an option in the define statement.

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DavidPhillips2
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

Is there a way to left align a numeric value that is formatted to a text value.  I am converting numbers to text values so that I can assign ordering, after the conversion the text is right aligned because it came from a number.

PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

You can use the LEFT function

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Paige Miller
DavidPhillips2
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

Is this an option in proc report?

DavidPhillips2
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

left is an option in the define statement.

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