title: SAS Proc SQL how to convert from Number to Character
body: <p>I am very new to SAS.</p>
  
  <p>I want to convert Number to Character.</p>
  
  <p>basically I want to use to_char function</p>
  
  <p>so I try</p>
  
  <pre><code>proc sql;
  select put(A.column,$11.) as new_column
  from table A
  quit;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This causing error,</p>
  
  <p>what is appropriate way to convert Number to Character???</p>