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| ZDw.d |
| Language element: | informat |
| Category: | numeric |
| Width range: | 1 to 32 |
| Default width: | 1 |
| OpenVMS specifics: | the last byte includes the sign |
| Syntax | |
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Syntax |
| ZDw.d |
| Details |
The ZDw.d informat accepts true zoned decimal, trailing numeric strings with the overpunch format; numeric strings of the form that is read by the standard numeric informat; and hybrid strings. A hybrid string is a zoned decimal string that has an explicit sign.
To achieve the same results as the Release 6.06 implementation of the ZDw.d informat, use the ZDVw.d informat.
A zoned decimal, or trailing numeric string with overpunch format, is a character string consisting of digits. The last character of the string is a special character that specifies both the value of the last digit and the sign of the entire number. The special characters are listed in the following table.
| Digit | ASCII Character |
Digit | ASCII Character |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | { | -0 | } | |
| 1 | A | -1 | J | |
| 2 | B | -2 | K | |
| 3 | C | -3 | L | |
| 4 | D | -4 | M | |
| 5 | E | -5 | N | |
| 6 | F | -6 | O | |
| 7 | G | -7 | P | |
| 8 | H | -8 | Q | |
| 9 | I | -9 | R | |
The data formatted using the ZDw.d informat are ASCII strings.
| Examples |
If you format the ASCII string 123{ using ZDw.d informat in the following SAS statement:
input i zd4.;the result is 1230.
If you format the ASCII string 123} using the ZDw.d informat in the following SAS statement:
input i zd4.;the result is -1230.
If you format the ASCII string 1230 using the ZDw.d informat in the following SAS statement:
input i zd4.;the result is 1230.
If you format the ASCII string -1230 using the ZDw.d informat in the following SAS statement:
input i zd5.;the result is -1230.
If you format the ASCII string +123{ using the ZDw.d informat in the following SAS statement:
input i zd5.;the result is 1230.
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