$BINARYw. Format

Converts character data to binary representation.

Category: Character
Alignment: Left

Syntax

$BINARYw.

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the output field.

Default The default width is calculated based on the length of the variable to be printed.
Range 1–32767

Comparisons

The $BINARYw. format converts character values to binary representation. The BINARYw. format converts numeric values to binary representation.

Example

put @1 name $binary16.;
Value of name
Result
ASCII
EBCDIC
AB
0100000101000010
1100000111000010