Ew.d

Ew.d

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

Category: Numeric

Syntax
Syntax Description
Comparisons
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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

Data Lines	Results
----+----1----+
1.257E3	1257
12d3	12000

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