PDw.d informat

PDw.d informat

Reads packed decimal data

Numeric

Width range: 1 to 16

Default width: 1

Decimal range: 0 to 31

UNIX specifics: data representation

Details

The PDw.d informat reads packed decimal data. Although it is usually impossible to type in packed decimal data directly from a console, many programs write packed decimal data.

Each byte contains two digits in packed decimal data. The value's sign is the first byte. Because the entire first byte is used for the sign, you should specify at least a width of 2.

For more details, see Reading and Writing Binary Data .

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Numeric
Width range:	1 to 16
Default width:	1
Decimal range:	0 to 31
UNIX specifics:	data representation