BINARYw. Format

Converts numeric values to binary representation.

Category: Numeric
Alignment: Left
Syntax
Arguments
Comparisons
Example
See Also

Syntax

BINARYw.

Arguments

w

specifies the width of the output field.

Default 8
Range 1–64

Comparisons

BINARYw. converts numeric values to binary representation. The $BINARYw. format converts character values to binary representation.

Example

Statements
Results
 
----+----1
 
select put (123.45, binary8.);
 
01111011
 
select put (123, binary8.);
 
01111011
 
select put (–123, binary8.);
 
10000101

See Also

Formats:
$BINARYw. Format
HEXw. Format
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Last updated: February 23, 2017