Ew.d Informat

Reads numeric values that are stored in scientific notation and double-precision scientific notation.
Category: Numeric
See: Ew.d Informat under z/OS

Syntax

Ew.d

Syntax Description

w
specifies the width of the field that contains the numeric value.
Default:12
Range:1–32
d
specifies the number of digits to the right of the decimal point in the numeric value. If the data contain decimal points, the d value is ignored. This argument is optional.
Range:0–31

Comparisons

The Ew.d informat is not used extensively because the SAS informat for standard numeric data, the w.d informat, can read numbers in scientific notation.

Example

input @1 x e7.;
Data Line
Result
----+----1----+
1.257E3
1257
12d3
12000