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RBw.d

RBw.d

Writes numeric data in real binary (floating-point) notation

Numeric

Width range: 2-8 bytes

Default width: 4

Decimal range: 0-10

Alignment: left

OS/390 specifics: IBM floating-point format

Details
See Also

The format of floating-point numbers is host-specific. See Representation of Floating-Point Numbers for a description of the format that is used to store floating-point numbers under OS/390.

Here are some examples of how decimal numbers are written as floating-point numbers using the RBw.d format:

Value Format Results (Hex) Notes

123 rb8.1
434CE00000000000

123 rb8.2
44300C0000000000

-123 rb8.
C27B000000000000

1234 rb8.
434D200000000000

1234 rb2.
434D
truncation occurred

12.25 rb8.
41C4000000000000

Note: In these examples, the Value column represents the value of the data, and the Results column shows a hexadecimal representation of the bit pattern written by the corresponding format. (You cannot view this data in a text editor, unless you can view it in hexadecimal representation.) [cautend]

See Also

Formats: RBw.d and S370FRBw.d in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
Informat: RBw.d

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