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w.d

w.d

Writes numeric data

Numeric

Width range: 1-32 bytes

Default width: 12

Decimal range: d<w

Alignment: right

OS/390 specifics: writes output as EBCDIC, minimum and maximum values

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The w.d format writes numeric values one digit per byte using EBCDIC code. Because the values are stored in EBCDIC, they can be printed without further formatting.

Numbers written with the w.d format are rounded to the nearest number that can be represented in the output field. If the number is too large to fit, the BESTw.d format is used. Under OS/390, the range of the magnitude of numbers that can be written with the BESTw.d format is from 5.4 x 10^-79 to 7.2 x 10⁷⁵.

The following examples illustrate the use of the w.d format:

Value Format Results

1234 4.
1234

1234 5.
b1234

12345 4.
12E3

123.4 6.2
123.40

-1234 6.
b-1234

Note: In these examples, the Value column represents the value of the data, and the Results column shows what the numeric value looks like when viewed from a text editor. The b characters in the Results column indicate blank spaces. See EBCDIC Code: Commonly Used Characters for a table of commonly used EBCDIC characters. [cautend]

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Format: w.d in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

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