RB

Reads real binary (floating-point) data into a floating-point number

Numeric

Width range: 2- 8

Default width: 4

Decimal range: 0- 10

CMS specifics: IBM floating-point format

Syntax
Details
See Also

Syntax

RBw.d

w: specifies the field width of the input value.
d: specifies a divisor for the input value. If the informat includes a d value, the input value is divided 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 data that represent several decimal numbers are read as floating-point numbers using the RBw.d informat.

Data Pattern Read Actual Numeric Value Informat Resulting Numeric Value

'427B000000000000'x 123 rb8. 123

'434CE00000000000'x 1230 rb8.1 123

'44300C0000000000'x 12300 rb8.2 123

'C27B000000000000'x -123 rb8. -123

'434D200000000000'x 1234 rb8. 1234

'41C570A3D70A3D70'x 12.34 rb8. 12.34

See Also

Data Pattern Read	Actual Numeric Value	Informat	Resulting Numeric Value
'427B000000000000'x	123	rb8.	123
'434CE00000000000'x	1230	rb8.1	123
'44300C0000000000'x	12300	rb8.2	123
'C27B000000000000'x	-123	rb8.	-123
'434D200000000000'x	1234	rb8.	1234
'41C570A3D70A3D70'x	12.34	rb8.	12.34

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

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