What you're asking for doesn't make sense: 9098 and 09098 are the same
9098L == 09098L
If you mean specifically while printing, you could use sprintf:
cat(sprintf("%05d", 9098))
On Sun., Sep. 11, 2022, 14:58 akshay kulkarni, <akshay...@hotmail.com>
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> Dear Tim,
> So there is no way to coerce "09098" to 09098?
>
> Yours sincerely,
> AKSHAY M KULKARNI
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> Keep as character.
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> Tim
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> Dear members,
> I came across this queer thing during my
> analysis:
> > as.integer("09098")
>
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> Any idea on how to retain the "0"?
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> Yours sincerely,
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