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ZDw.d informat

Numeric
Width range:	1 to 32
Default width:	1
UNIX specifics:	last byte includes the sign; data representation

Details

The ZDw.d informat reads zoned decimal data; it is also known as overprint trailing numeric format. Under UNIX, the last byte of the field includes the sign along with the last digit. The conversion table for the last byte is as follows:

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

For more details, see ZDw.d format and Reading and Writing Binary Data .

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