Informats under OpenVMS

VMSZNw.d Informat: OpenVMS

Reads VMS zoned numeric data.

Category:	numeric
Width range:	1 to 32
Default width:	1
OpenVMS specifics:	All aspects are host-specific

Syntax
Details
Examples
See Also

Syntax

VMSZNw.d

w: specifies the width of the output field.
d: specifies the number of digits to the right of the decimal point in the numeric value. This argument is optional.

Details

The VMSZNw.d informat is similar to the ZDw.d informat. Both read a string of ASCII digits, and the last digit is a special character denoting the magnitude of the last digit and the sign of the entire number. The difference between the VMSZNw.d informat and the ZDw.d informat is in the special character used for the last digit. The following table shows the special characters used by the VMSZNw.d informat.

Digit	Special Character	Digit	Special Character
0	0	-0	p
1	1	-1	q
2	2	-2	r
3	3	-3	s
4	4	-4	t
5	5	-5	u
6	6	-6	v
7	7	-7	w
8	8	-8	x
9	9	-9	y

Data formatted using the VMSZNw.d informat are ASCII strings.

Examples

If you input the ASCII string 1234 using the VMSZNw.d informat in the following SAS statement:

input @1 vmszn4.;

the result is 1234.

If you input the ASCII string 123t using the VMSZNw.d informat in the following SAS statement:

input @1 vmszn4.;

the result is -1234.