Converts real binary (floating-point) numbers to hexadecimal
representation.
| Category: |
Numeric
|
| Width range: |
1 to 16
|
| Default width: |
8
|
| Alignment: |
left
|
| UNIX specifics: |
floating-point representation
|
| See: |
HEXw. format in
SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
|
The HEXw. format converts a real
(floating-point) binary number to its hexadecimal representation. When you
specify a width value of 1 through 15, the real binary number is truncated
to a fixed-point integer before being converted to a hexadecimal number.
When you specify 16 for the width, SAS writes the floating-point value of
the number, but does not truncate it.
Note: UNIX systems
vary widely in their floating-point representation.
See Reading and Writing Binary Data in UNIX Environments for more
information. ![[cautionend]](../../../../common/61991/HTML/default/images/cautend.gif)
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