Dear Friends. I have one Query. In SAS program, How I can extent the length of the character variable. Ex. I have a variable called LAN, its values in this shape 'WS00666' what I want is to extent its length to be as its 'WS000666' thank in advance for your help. _________________________________________________________________ Khaled El-Sayed Hassan Demographer & Data Analyst (M. Phil) US Naval Medical Research Unit No.3 (NAMRU-3) Advanced Study Unit Tel: (202) 2841375 - 2841376 Ext. 54 (202) 3101082 - 3137121 Mobil: 012-2859778 (Residence) Fax: (202) 2849625 E-mail: [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] URL: http://khalid.cjb.net/ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%