Previous Page | Next Page

Formats

$BINARYw. Format



Converts character data to binary representation.
Category: Character
Alignment: left

Syntax
Syntax Description
Comparisons
Examples

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.


Examples

put @1 name $binary16.;

Value of name Results

ASCII EBCDIC

----+----1----+----2
----+----1----+----2
AB
0100000101000010
1100000111000010

Previous Page | Next Page | Top of Page