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$BINARYw.

$BINARYw.


Converts character data to binary representation

Category: Character
Alignment: left

Syntax
Syntax Description
Comparisons
Examples

Syntax

$BINARYw.

Syntax Description

w
specifies the width of the output field.
Default: The default width is calculated based on the length of the variable to be printed.
Range: 1-32767

Comparisons

The $BINARYw. format converts character values to binary representation. The BINARYw. format converts numeric values to binary representation.

Examples

put @1 name $binary16.;

Values Results

ASCII EBCDIC 

----+----1----+----2
 
----+----1----+----2
 
AB
 
0100000101000010
 
1100000111000010


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