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Ew.d

Numeric
Width range:	7- 32 bytes
Default width:	12
Decimal range:	0-31
OS/390 specifics:	interprets input as EBCDIC, minimum and maximum values

Details

Numbers are interpreted using the EBCDIC character-encoding system, with one digit per byte. The range of the magnitude of acceptable values is from 5.4 x 10^-79 to 7.2 x 10⁷⁵. Any number outside this range causes an overflow error.

The following examples illustrate the use of the informat.

Data Line		Informat	Value
1.230E+02		e10.	123
-1.230E+02		e10.	-123
1.230E+01		e10.	12.3
1.235E+08		e10.	123,500,000

Note:    In these examples, Data Line shows what the input looks like when viewed from a text editor. Value is the number that is used by SAS after the data pattern has been read using the corresponding informat.  

See Also

• Informat: E in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

• Format: Ew.

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