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ZDVw.d

Language element:	informat
Category:	Numeric
Width range:	1 to 32
Default width:	1
OpenVMS specifics:	All aspects are host-specific

w

specifies the width of the input field.

d

optionally specifies the power of 10 by which to divide the input value. If you specify d, the ZDVw.d informat divides the input value by the 10^d value. If the data contain decimal points, then SAS ignores the d value.

Details

In Release 6.07 of the SAS System, the ZDVw.d informat replaced the ZDw.d informat with one change: although the string must be a true trailing numeric with overpunch format, it no longer needs to be right-justified within its field. Trailing blanks are trimmed before the number is converted.

A zoned decimal, or trailing numeric string with overpunch format, is a character string that consists of digits. The last character of the string is a special character that specifies both the value of the last digit and the sign of the entire number. The special characters are the same as those that are documented for the ZDw.d informat, as shown in the following table.

Digit		ASCII Character	Digit	ASCII Character
0		{	-0	}
1		A	-1	J
2		B	-2	K
3		C	-3	L
4		D	-4	M
5		E	-5	N
6		F	-6	O
7		G	-7	P
8		H	-8	Q
9		I	-9	R

The data formatted using the ZDVw.d informat are ASCII strings.

Examples

If you format the ASCII string 123{ using ZDVw.d informat in the following SAS statement:

input i zd4.;

If you format the ASCII string 123} using the ZDVw.d informat in the following SAS statement:

input i zd4.;

If you format the ASCII string 1230 using the ZDVw.d informat in the following SAS statement:

input i zd4.;

If you format the ASCII string -1230 using the ZDVw.d informat in the following SAS statement:

input i zd5.;

• Informats: ZDw.d in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary and ZDw.d

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