PDw.d

PDw.d

Writes data in packed decimal format

Category: Numeric

Alignment: left

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details
Comparisons
Examples

Syntax

PDw.d

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the output field. The w value specifies the number of bytes, not the number of digits. (In packed decimal data, each byte contains two digits.)

Default:	1
Range:	1-16

d

optionally specifies to multiply the number by 10^d.

Details

Different operating environments store packed decimal values in different ways. However, the PDw.d format writes packed decimal values with consistent results if the values are created in the same kind of operating environment that you use to run SAS.

Comparisons

The following table compares packed decimal notation in several programming languages:

Language Notation

SAS PD4.

COBOL COMP-3 PIC S9(7)

IBM 370 assembler PL4

PL/I FIXED DEC

Language	Notation
SAS	PD4.
COBOL	COMP-3 PIC S9(7)
IBM 370 assembler	PL4
PL/I	FIXED DEC

Examples

y=put(x,pd4.);
put y $hex8.;

Values Results*

----+----1

128

0000128

*The result is a hexadecimal representation of a binary number written in packed decimal format. Each byte occupies one column of the output field.

Values	Results*
	----+----1
128	0000128
*The result is a hexadecimal representation of a binary number written in packed decimal format. Each byte occupies one column of the output field.

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