Editing numeric values

I have a variable which contains say a value of 01  I need to convert it to
a character data type but I need to include any leading zeros..

 

So in this particular case, I have a numeric field which can hold a 6 digit
numeric value: 000001  I need to convert it to a char type but retain all
leading zeros.

 

I thought I could use %editw() but it does not seem to work.  %editc() drops
leading zeros so that won't work for this particular problem.

 

Suggestions?

 



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