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| Informats under UNIX |
ZDw.d Informat: UNIX
Reads zoned decimal data.
| Category: | Numeric |
| Width range: | 1 to 32 |
| Default width: | 1 |
| UNIX specifics: | last byte includes the sign; data representation |
| See: | ZDw.d informat in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary |
| Details |
| Details |
The ZDw.d informat reads zoned decimal data; it is also known as overprint trailing numeric format. Under UNIX, the last byte of the field includes the sign along 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 Format: UNIX and Reading and Writing Binary Data in UNIX Environments.
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