Problem Note 43370: PIBw.d informat reads valid value as zero on z/OS
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Very large values are not always read correctly with the PIBw.d informat on z/OS.
A workaround to this issue is to use the S370FPIBw.d informat in place of PIBw.d.
This workaround is no longer valid beginning with SAS release 9.2.
See program under Full Code tab.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 8.1 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M1 |
On z/OS the variable EIGHTFFF should return a value of 1.8446744E19 instead of a value of zero.
DATA A;
CHAR8FFF='FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF'X;
EIGHTFFF=INPUT(CHAR8FFF,PIB8.);
PUT EIGHTFFF=;
RUN;
A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.21_M3 is available at:
http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B25.html#43370| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Topic: | SAS Reference ==> Informats ==> Informats |
| Date Modified: | 2012-01-03 09:49:28 |
| Date Created: | 2011-05-27 12:10:16 |