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E

Numeric
Width range:	7- 32
Default width:	12
Decimal range:	0- 31
CMS specifics:	interprets input as EBCDIC, minimum and maximum values

w

specifies the field width of the input value.

d

specifies the number of digits to the right of the decimal point in the numeric value.

Details

Numbers are interpreted using the EBCDIC character-encoding system, with one digit per byte. The range of acceptable values is 5.398E-79 to 7.237E75. Any number outside this range causes an overflow error. The following table illustrates the use of the E informat.

EBCDIC Data Pattern Read		Informat	Numeric Value	Scientific Notation
'40F14BF2F3F0C54EF0F2'x		e10.	123	1.230E+02
'60F14BF2F3F0C54EF0F2'x		e10.	-123	-1.230E+02
'40F14BF2F3F0C54EF0F1'x		e10.	12.3	1.230E+01
'40F14BF2F3F5C54EF0F8'x		e10.	123500000	1.235E+08
'40F14BF2C54EF0F8'x		e8.	120000000	1.2E+08

Note:   

• '40'x=blank

• 'F1'x=1, 'F2'x=2, and so on

• '4B'x=decimal point

• 'C5'x=E

• '4E'x=plus sign

• '60'x=minus sign

• Format: E

• SAS Language Reference: Dictionary.

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