create sequential number

[christina]

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need to create id like this in sas

start with ‘aa59’ followed by 6 digits, increasing by 1, starting at 000001.

should be ‘aa59000001’

and ‘aa59000002’

thanks!

[Datura]

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Easy. Create a ID say numeric X by a do loop first, 1,2,3….. then convert it to char and pad with leading zeros using Z6. format. Finally, combine them together. You get it?

Data AAA;
Do X=1 to N;
ID= “aa59” II put(X, Z6.);
Output;
End;
Run;

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[christina]

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Great thanks!

[christina]

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if i don’t know how many obs,how to define n in loop? if the data has 3000 obs or how to let it stop the loop when there is no more rows?

[Datura]

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Use nobs option, or _N_, or a macro variable. It depends on what you need.

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[christina]

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Got it thanks!