From: Patrick on
May be something like in this example (using +1):

data _null_;
input nv1 cv1 $ nv2 cv2 $;
put @1 nv1 z8. +1 cv1 nv2 date9. +1 cv2;
datalines;
23456 abc 12 x
23 abcdefg 12 x
2 abc 12345 x
;
run;