Each hexadecimal character
is written using the EBCDIC code, which requires one byte per hexadecimal
character. For a table of commonly used EBCDIC characters, see
EBCDIC Code: Commonly Used Characters.The format of floating-point
numbers is host-specific. See
SAS Language Reference: Concepts for a
description of the IBM floating-point format that is used under
z/OS.
The
w value
of the HEX
w. format determines
whether the number is written as a floating-point number or as an
integer. When you specify a width value of 1 through 15, the real
binary numbers are truncated to fixed-point integers before being
converted to hexadecimal representation. When you specify 16 for the
width, the floating-point values are used, and the numbers are not
truncated.
The following table
contains examples that illustrate the use of HEX
w.
under
z/OS:
Note: In these examples, the Value
column represents the value of the SAS numeric variable. The Results
column shows what the numeric value looks like when viewed from a
text editor.