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Ew.d

Ew.d

Reads numeric values that are stored in scientific notation and double-precision scientific notation

Category: Numeric

Syntax
Syntax Description
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Syntax

Ew.d

Syntax Description

w
specifies the width of the field that contains the numeric value.
Default: 12
Range: 1-32

d
optionally specifies the number of digits to the right of the decimal point in the numeric value. If the data contain decimal points, the d value is ignored.
Range: 0-31

Comparisons

The Ew.d informat is not used extensively because the SAS informat for standard numeric data, the w.d informat, can read numbers in scientific notation. Use Ew.d to permit only scientific notation in your input data.

Examples


input @1 x e7.;

Data Lines Results 

----+----1----+
 

1.257E3
 

1257
 

12d3
 

12000


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