Hi there, I have to overwrite some character data to change to a value beginning in 0. When I go to perform the data step, SAS automatically converts the data to numeric and it is not stored properly. Here is an example of the data and code: Existing Value for character variable ID with length 3: AAA Desired Value for value AAA in same character variable ID with length 3: 0AA Code: Data work.data; set work.dataold length ID $3; if ID="AAA" then ID= "0AA"; Run; In this program SAS converts the value "0AA" to numeric, but I want it to stay as a character. Thanks!
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