| Formats under UNIX |
| Category: | Character |
| Width range: | 1 to 32767 |
| Default width: | 4 |
| Alignment: | left |
| UNIX specifics: | produces ASCII codes |
| See: | $HEXw. format in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary |
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Under UNIX, the $HEXw. format produces hexadecimal representations of ASCII codes for characters, with each byte requiring two columns. Therefore, you need twice as many columns to output a value with the $HEXw. format.
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