SAS Formats under Windows

$HEXw. Format: Windows

Converts character values to hexadecimal values.

Category	character
Width range:	1-32767
Default width:	4
Alignment:	left
Windows specifics:	ASCII character-encoding system
See:	$HEXw. in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

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Syntax

$HEXw.

w: specifies the width of the output field.

Details

The $HEXw. format is like the HEXw. format in that it converts a character value to hexadecimal notation, with each byte requiring two columns. Under Windows, the $HEXw. format produces hexadecimal representations of ASCII codes for characters.