ZDw.d

ZDw.d

Reads zoned decimal data

Category numeric

Width range: 1-32

Default width: 1

Decimal range: 1-10

Windows specifics: Last byte includes the sign

Syntax
Details
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Syntax

ZDw.d

w: specifies the width of the input field.
d: optionally specifies the power of 10 by which to divide the input value. If the data contain decimal points, then SAS ignores the d value.

Details

This is also known as an overprint trailing numeric format. Under Windows, the last byte of the field contains the sign information of the number. The following table gives the conversion for the last byte:

Digit ASCII
Character Digit ASCII
Character

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

See Also

Digit	ASCII Character	Digit	ASCII Character
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

Informat: ZDw.d in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
Format: ZDw.d

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Category	numeric
Width range:	1-32
Default width:	1
Decimal range:	1-10
Windows specifics:	Last byte includes the sign