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PIBw.d

Language element:	informat
Category:	numeric
Width range:	1 to 8
Default width:	1
Decimal range:	0 to 10
OpenVMS specifics:	native integer-binary values; byte reversal

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 PIBw.d informat divides the input value by the 10^d value. SAS uses the d value even if the input data contain decimal points.

Details

Under OpenVMS, the PIB informat reads native integer-binary values. However, this informat ignores the negativity of data in twos-complement notation and reads it as positive. For more information about OpenVMS native fixed-point values, see Architecture Reference Manual for Alpha and Architecture Reference Manual for VAX.

See Also

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

• Format: PIBw.d

• Reading Binary Data

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