S370FPDw.d Informat

Reads packed data in IBM mainframe format.
Category: Numeric
Syntax
Details
Comparisons

Syntax

S370FPDw.d

Syntax Description

w
specifies the width of the input field.
Default:1
Range:1–16
d
specifies the power of 10 by which to divide the value. This argument is optional.
Default:0
Range:0–31

Details

Packed decimal data contain two digits per byte, but only one digit in the input field represents the sign. The last half of the last byte indicates the sign: a C or an F for positive numbers and a D for negative numbers.
Use S370FPDw.d to read packed decimal data from IBM mainframe files on other operating environments.

Comparisons

  • If you use SAS on an IBM mainframe, the S370FPDw.d and the PDw.d informats are identical.
  • The following table compares the equivalent packed decimal notation by programming language:
    Language
    Packed Decimal Notation
    SAS
    S370FPD4.
    PL/I
    FIXED DEC(7,0)
    COBOL
    COMP-3 PIC 9(7)
    assembler
    PL4
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