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PDw.d

Language element:	informat
Category:	numeric
Width range:	1 to 16
Default width:	1
Decimal range:	0 to 10
OpenVMS specifics:	How values are interpreted as negative or positive

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 PDw.d informat divides the input value by the 10^d value. If the data contain decimal points, then SAS ignores the d value.

Details

Under OpenVMS, the least significant 4 bits of the least significant byte in the PD value are interpreted as follows:

• If the hexadecimal number in the 4 bits is D or F, then the value is interpreted as negative.

• If the hexadecimal number in the 4 bits is C, then the value is interpreted as positive.

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

• Format: PDw.d

• Reading Binary Data

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