ZDw.d

ZDw.d

Reads zoned decimal data

Category numeric

Width range: 1-32

Default width: 1

Decimal range: 1-10

OS/2 specifics: Last byte includes the sign

Syntax
Details
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Syntax

ZDw.d

w: specifies the width of the input field.
d: optionally specifies the power of 10 by which to divide the input value. If the data contain decimal points, then SAS ignores the d value.

Details

This is also known as an overprint trailing numeric format. Under OS/2, the last byte of the field contains the sign information of the number. The following table gives the conversion for the last byte:

Digit ASCII
Character Digit ASCII
Character

0 { -0 }

1 A -1 J

2 B -2 K

3 C -3 L

4 D -4 M

5 E -5 N

6 F -6 O

7 G -7 P

8 H -8 Q

9 I -9 R

See Also

Digit	ASCII Character	Digit	ASCII Character
0	{	-0	}
1	A	-1	J
2	B	-2	K
3	C	-3	L
4	D	-4	M
5	E	-5	N
6	F	-6	O
7	G	-7	P
8	H	-8	Q
9	I	-9	R

Informat: ZDw.d in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
Format: ZDw.d

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Category	numeric
Width range:	1-32
Default width:	1
Decimal range:	1-10
OS/2 specifics:	Last byte includes the sign