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PDw.d

Language element:	format
Category:	numeric
Width range:	1 to 16
Default width:	1
Decimal range:	0 to 10
Alignment:	left
OpenVMS specifics:	overflow behavior

w

specifies the width of the output field in bytes (not digits).

d

optionally specifies a scaling factor. When you specify a d value, the PDw.d format multiplies the number by the 10^d value, then applies the packed decimal format to that value.

Details

Under OpenVMS, if the value to be formatted is too large to fit in a field of the specified width, then the PDw.d format does the following:

• for positive values, it sets the output to the largest positive number that fits in the given width

• for negative values, it sets the output to the negative number of greatest magnitude that fits in the given width.

Example

If you format the value 300 using the PD1. format, you receive the following hexadecimal string:

'9C'x

If you format the value -300 using the PD1. format, you receive the following hexadecimal string:

'9D'x

• Format: PDw.d in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

• Informat: PDw.d

• Writing Binary Data

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