This means that your variable var is of type character (Maxim 3: Know Your Data!), so SAS thinks you mis-spelled the format name.
This means that your variable var is of type character (Maxim 3: Know Your Data!), so SAS thinks you mis-spelled the format name.
Or some ugly code and not actually recommended unless you are looking for an obfuscation of code award using just character functions.
data example; length x $ 6; x='23'; x= cats(repeat('0',6-length(x)-1),x); run;
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