Reads EBCDIC numeric data
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w
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specifies the width of the input field.
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d
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optionally specifies the power of 10 by
which to divide the value.
The S370FFw.d informat reads numeric data that are represented in EBCDIC
and converts the data to native format. If EBCDIC is the native format, S370FFw.d performs no
conversion.
S370FFw.d reads EBCDIC numeric values that are represented with one
byte per digit. Use S370FFw.d
on other operating environments to read numeric data from IBM mainframe files.
S370FFw.d reads numeric values
located anywhere in the input field.
EBCDIC blanks can precede or follow a numeric value with no effect. If a value
is negative, an EBCDIC minus sign should immediately precede the value. S370FFw.d reads values with EBCDIC decimal
points and values in scientific notation, and it interprets a single EBCDIC
period as a missing value.
The
S370FFw.d
informat performs the same role for numeric data that the $EBCDICw.d informat does for character
data. That is, on an IBM mainframe system, S370FFw.d has the same effect as the standard
w.d informat. On all other systems, using S370FFw.d is equivalent to using
$EBCDICw.d as well as using the standard w.d
informat.
input @1 x s370ff3.;
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Data Lines* |
Results |
----+----1
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|
F1F2F3
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123
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F2F4F0
|
240
|
| *The data lines are hexadecimal representations of codes
for characters. Each two hexadecimal digits correspond to one byte of binary
data, and each byte corresponds to one character value. |
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