The goal of this code is to parse the first 5 letters of the variable and append it to the last 7 digits of the variable.
data _null_;
length id2 $12;
id = 'LOLOBRIDGIDA195703F';
id2 = substr(id,1,5)||reverse((substr(reverse(id),1,7)));
put _all_;
run;
View the code in my snippet repository.
Kudos to the guys in the SAS google group thread for this solution.