VAXRBw.d Format

Writes real binary (floating-point) data in VMS format.

Category:	Numeric
Alignment:	Right

Syntax

VAXRBw.d

specifies the width of the output field.

Default	8
Range	2-8

specifies the power of 10 by which to divide the value. This argument is optional.

Default	0
Range	0–31

Use the VAXRBw.d format to write data in native VAX or VMS floating-point notation.

If you use SAS that is running under VAX or VMS, then the VAXRBw.d and the RBw.d formats are identical.

x=1;
y=put(x,vaxrb8.);
put y=$hex16.;

Value of `x`	Result 1
----+----1
1	8040000000000000
1The result is the hexadecimal representation for the integer.