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| Formats under UNIX |
ZDw.d Format: UNIX
Writes numeric data in zoned decimal format.
| Category: | Numeric |
| Width range: | 1 to 32 |
| Default width: | 1 |
| Alignment: | left |
| UNIX specifics: | data representation |
| See: | ZDw.d format in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary |
| Details |
| Details |
The ZDw.d format writes zoned decimal data. This format is also known as overprint trailing numeric format. Under UNIX, the last byte of the field includes the sign with the last digit. The conversion table for the last byte is as follows:
| Digit | ASCII Character | Digit | ASCII Character |
| 0 | { | -0 | } |
| 1 | A | -1 | J |
| 2 | B | -2 | K |
| 3 | C | -3 | L |
| 4 | D | -4 | M |
| 5 | E | -5 | N |
| 6 | F | -6 | O |
| 7 | G | -7 | P |
| 8 | H | -8 | Q |
| 9 | I | -9 | R |
For more information, see ZDw.d Informat: UNIX and Reading and Writing Binary Data in UNIX Environments.
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