HEXw.

HEXw.

Converts hexadecimal positive binary values to either integer-binary (fixed-point) or real-binary (floating-point) values

Language element: informat

Category: numeric

Width range: 1 to 16

Default width: 8

OpenVMS specifics: ASCII character-encoding system

Syntax
Details
See Also

Syntax

HEXw.

w: specifies the field width of the input value. If you specify a w value of 1 through 15, the input hexadecimal value is converted to an fixed-point number. If you specify 16 for the w value, the input hexadecimal value is converted to a floating-point number.

Details

Under OpenVMS, the hexadecimal format of the number is stored in ASCII representation.

For more information about OpenVMS floating-point representation, see Architecture Reference Manual for Alpha and Architecture Reference Manual for VAX.

See Also

Informats: HEXw. in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary and $HEXw.
Format: HEXw.

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Language element:	informat
Category:	numeric
Width range:	1 to 16
Default width:	8
OpenVMS specifics:	ASCII character-encoding system