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IBw.d

Language element:	format
Category:	numeric
Width range:	1 to 8
Default width:	4
Decimal range:	0 to 10
Alignment:	left
OpenVMS specifics:	twos-complement notation; overflow behavior

w

specifies the width of the output field in bytes (not digits).

d

optionally specifies a scaling factor. When you specify a d value, the IBw.d format multiplies the number by the 10^d value, then applies the integer binary format to that value.

Details

Negative values are stored in twos-complement notation. If a noninteger value is formatted, rounding occurs. If the value to be formatted is too large to fit in a field of the specified width, then the IBw.d format does the following:

• for positive values, it sets the output to the largest positive number that fits in the given width

• for negative values, it sets the output to the negative number of greatest magnitude that fits in the given width.

For more information about OpenVMS native fixed-point values, see Architecture Reference Manual for Alpha and Architecture Reference Manual for VAX.

Example

If you format the value 300 using the IB1. format, you receive the following value:

127

If you format the value -300 using the IB1. format, you receive the following value:

-128

• Format: IBw.d in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

• Informat: IBw.d

• Writing Binary Data

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