S370FRBw.d

S370FRBw.d

Reads real binary (floating-point) data in IBM mainframe format

Category: Numeric

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details
Comparisons
See Also

Syntax

S370FRBw.d

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the input field.

Default:	6
Range:	2-8

d

optionally specifies the power of 10 by which to divide the value.

Range:

0-10

Details

Real binary values are represented in two parts: a mantissa that gives the value, and an exponent that gives the value's magnitude.

Use S370FRBw.d to read real binary data from IBM mainframe files on other operating environments.

Comparisons

If you use SAS on an IBM mainframe, S370FRBw.d and RBw.d are identical.

The following table shows the equivalent real binary notation for several programming languages:

Real Binary Notation

Language 4 Bytes 8 Bytes

SAS S370FRB4. S370FRB8.

PL/I FLOAT BIN(21) FLOAT BIN(53)

FORTRAN REAL*4 REAL*8

COBOL COMP-1 COMP-2

assembler E D

C float double

	Real Binary Notation
Language	4 Bytes	8 Bytes
SAS	S370FRB4.	S370FRB8.
PL/I	FLOAT BIN(21)	FLOAT BIN(53)
FORTRAN	REAL*4	REAL*8
COBOL	COMP-1	COMP-2
assembler	E	D
C	float	double

See Also

Informat:

RBw.d

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