Ew.d

Ew.d

Reads numeric values that are stored in scientific notation

Numeric

Width range: 7- 32 bytes

Default width: 12

Decimal range: 0-31

OS/390 specifics: interprets input as EBCDIC, minimum and maximum values

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Numbers are interpreted using the EBCDIC character-encoding system, with one digit per byte. The range of the magnitude of acceptable values is from 5.4 x 10^-79 to 7.2 x 10⁷⁵. Any number outside this range causes an overflow error.

The following examples illustrate the use of the informat.

Data Line Informat Value

1.230E+02 e10. 123

-1.230E+02 e10. -123

1.230E+01 e10. 12.3

1.235E+08 e10. 123,500,000

Data Line	Informat	Value
1.230E+02	e10.	123
-1.230E+02	e10.	-123
1.230E+01	e10.	12.3
1.235E+08	e10.	123,500,000

Note: In these examples, Data Line shows what the input looks like when viewed from a text editor. Value is the number that is used by SAS after the data pattern has been read using the corresponding informat. [cautionend]

See Also

Informat: E in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
Format: Ew.

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Numeric
Width range:	7- 32 bytes
Default width:	12
Decimal range:	0-31
OS/390 specifics:	interprets input as EBCDIC, minimum and maximum values