RB

Writes real binary (floating-point) data

Numeric

Width range: 2- 8

Default width: 4

Decimal range: 0- 10

Alignment: left

CMS specifics: IBM floating-point format

Syntax
Details
See Also

Syntax

RBw.d

w: specifies the field width of the output value, in bytes.
d: specifies a multiplier for the output value. If the format includes a d value, the output value is multiplied by 10^d.

Details

The format of floating-point numbers is specific to CMS. (See Representation of Floating-Point Numbers for a description of the format used to store floating-point numbers.) The following table shows how several decimal numbers are written as floating-point numbers using the RB format.

Decimal Number Format Real Binary Data Pattern Written Actual Numeric Value

123 rb8. '427B000000000000'x 123

123 rb8.1 '434CE00000000000'x 1230

123 rb8.2 '44300C0000000000'x 12300

-123 rb8. 'C27B000000000000'x -123

1234 rb8. '434D200000000000'x 1234

1234 rb2. '434D'x 1232

12.3 rb8. '41C4CCCCCCCCCCCC'x 12.29999999...

See Also

Decimal Number	Format	Real Binary Data Pattern Written	Actual Numeric Value
123	rb8.	'427B000000000000'x	123
123	rb8.1	'434CE00000000000'x	1230
123	rb8.2	'44300C0000000000'x	12300
-123	rb8.	'C27B000000000000'x	-123
1234	rb8.	'434D200000000000'x	1234
1234	rb2.	'434D'x	1232
12.3	rb8.	'41C4CCCCCCCCCCCC'x	12.29999999...

Representation of Floating-Point Numbers
Informat: RB
SAS Language Reference: Dictionary.

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Numeric
Width range:	2- 8
Default width:	4
Decimal range:	0- 10
Alignment:	left
CMS specifics:	IBM floating-point format