| Category | Language Elements | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Character | $BASE64Xw. Format | Converts character data into ASCII text by using Base 64 encoding. |
| $BINARYw. Format | Converts character data to binary representation. | |
| $CHARw. Format | Writes standard character data. | |
| $HEXw. Format | Converts character data to hexadecimal representation. | |
| $OCTALw. Format | Converts character data to octal representation. | |
| $QUOTEw. Format | Writes data values that are enclosed in single quotation marks. | |
| $REVERJw. Format | Writes character data in reverse order and preserves blanks. | |
| $REVERSw. Format | Writes character data in reverse order and left aligns. | |
| $UPCASEw. Format | Converts character data to uppercase. | |
| $w. Format | Writes standard character data. | |
| Date and Time | DATEw. Format | Writes SAS date values in the form ddmmmyy, ddmmmyyyy, or dd-mmm-yyyy. |
| DATEAMPMw.d Format | Writes SAS datetime values in the form ddmmmyy:hh:mm:ss.ss with AM or PM. | |
| DATETIMEw.d Format | Writes SAS datetime values in the form ddmmmyy:hh:mm:ss.ss. | |
| DAYw. Format | Writes SAS date values as the day of the month. | |
| DDMMYYw. Format | Writes SAS date values in the form ddmm[yy]yy or dd/mm/[yy]yy, where a forward slash is the separator and the year appears as either 2 or 4 digits. | |
| DDMMYYxw. Format | Writes SAS date values in the form ddmm[yy]yy or ddXmmX[yy]yy, where X represents a specified separator and the year appears as either 2 or 4 digits. | |
| DOWNAMEw. Format | Writes SAS date values as the name of the day of the week. | |
| DTDATEw. Format | Expects a SAS datetime value as input and writes the SAS date values in the form ddmmmyy or ddmmmyyyy. | |
| DTMONYYw. Format | Writes the date part of a SAS datetime value as the month and year in the form mmmyy or mmmyyyy. | |
| DTWKDATXw. Format | Writes the date part of a SAS datetime value as the day of the week and the date in the form day-of-week, dd month-name yy (or yyyy). | |
| DTYEARw. Format | Writes the date part of a SAS datetime value as the year in the form yy or yyyy. | |
| DTYYQCw. Format | Writes the date part of a SAS datetime value as the year and the quarter, and separates them with a colon (:). | |
| HHMMw.d Format | Writes SAS time values as hours and minutes in the form hh:mm. | |
| HOURw.d Format | Writes SAS time values as hours and decimal fractions of hours. | |
| JULIANw. Format | Writes SAS date values as Julian dates in the form yyddd or yyyyddd. | |
| MMDDYYw. Format | Writes SAS date values in the form mmdd[yy]yy or mm/dd/[yy]yy, where a forward slash is the separator and the year appears as either 2 or 4 digits. | |
| MMDDYYxw. Format | Writes SAS date values in the form mmdd[yy]yy or mmXddX[yy]yy, where X represents a specified separator and the year appears as either 2 or 4 digits. | |
| MMSSw.d Format | Writes SAS time values as the number of minutes and seconds since midnight. | |
| MMYYw. Format | Writes SAS date values in the form mmM[yy]yy, where M is the separator and the year appears as either 2 or 4 digits. | |
| MMYYxw. Format | Writes SAS date values in the form mm[yy]yy or mmX[yy]yy. The x in the format name is a character that represents the special character. The special character separates the month and the year. That special character can be a hyphen (-), period (.), blank character, slash (/), colon (:), or no separator. The year can be either 2 or 4 digits. | |
| MONNAMEw. Format | Writes SAS date values as the name of the month. | |
| MONTHw. Format | Writes SAS date values as the month of the year. | |
| MONYYw. Format | Writes SAS date values as the month and the year in the form mmmyy or mmmyyyy. | |
| NENGOw. Format | Writes SAS date values as Japanese dates in the form e.yymmdd. | |
| QTRw. Format | Writes SAS date values as the quarter of the year. | |
| QTRRw. Format | Writes SAS date values as the quarter of the year in Roman numerals. | |
| TIMEw.d Format | Writes SAS time values as hours, minutes, and seconds in the form hh:mm:ss.ss using the military 24-hour clock. | |
| TIMEAMPMw.d Format | Writes SAS time values as hours, minutes, and seconds in the form hh:mm:ss.ss with AM or PM. | |
| TODw.d Format | Writes SAS time values and the time portion of SAS datetime values in the form hh:mm:ss.ss. | |
| WEEKDATEw. Format | Writes SAS date values as the day of the week and the date in the form day-of-week, month-name dd, yy (or yyyy). | |
| WEEKDATXw. Format | Writes SAS date values as the day of the week and date in the form day-of-week, dd month-name yy (or yyyy). | |
| WEEKDAYw. Format | Writes SAS date values as the day of the week. | |
| YEARw. Format | Writes SAS date values as the year. | |
| YYMMw. Format | Writes SAS date values in the form [yy]yyMmm, where M is the separator and the year appears as either 2 or 4 digits. | |
| YYMMxw. Format | Writes SAS date values in the form [yy]yymm or [yy]yy-mm. The x in the format name represents the special character that separates the year and the month. This special character can be a hyphen (-), period (.), slash(/), colon(:), or no separator. The year can be either 2 or 4 digits. | |
| YYMMDDw. Format | Writes SAS date values in the form yymmdd or [yy]yy-mm-dd, where a hyphen (-) is the separator and the year appears as either 2 or 4 digits. | |
| YYMMDDxw. Format | Writes date values in the form [yy]yymmdd or [yy]yy-mm-dd. The x in the format name is a character that represents the special character which separates the year, month, and day. This special character can be a hyphen (-), period (.), blank character, slash (/), colon (:), or no separator. The year can be either 2 or 4 digits. | |
| YYMONw. Format | Writes SAS date values in the form yymmm or yyyymmm. | |
| YYQw. Format | Writes SAS date values in the form [yy]yyQq, where Q is the separator, the year appears as either 2 or 4 digits, and q is the quarter of the year. | |
| YYQxw. Format | Writes SAS date values in the form [yy]yyq or [yy]yy-q. The x in the format name is a character that represents the special character that separates the year and the quarter of the year. This character can be a hyphen (-), period (.), blank character, slash (/), colon (:), or no separator. The year can be either 2 or 4 digits. | |
| YYQRw. Format | Writes SAS date values in the form [yy]yyQqr, where Q is the separator, the year appears as either 2 or 4 digits, and qr is the quarter of the year expressed in roman numerals. | |
| YYQRxw. Format | Writes date values in the form [yy]yyqr or [yy]yy-qr. The x in the format name is a character that represents the special character that separates the year and the quarter of the year. This character can be a hyphen (-), period (.), blank character, slash (/), colon (:), or no separator. The year can be either 2 or 4 digits and qr is the quarter of the year in roman numerals. | |
| YYQZw. Format | Writes SAS date values in the form [yy] yyqq. The year appears as 2 or 4 digits, and qq is the quarter of the year. | |
| Numeric | BESTw. Format | SAS chooses the best notation. |
| BESTDw.p Format | Prints numeric values, lining up decimal places for values of similar magnitude, and prints integers without decimals. | |
| BINARYw. Format | Converts numeric values to binary representation. | |
| COMMAw.d Format | Writes numeric values with a comma that separates every three digits and a period that separates the decimal fraction. | |
| COMMAXw.d Format | Writes numeric values with a period that separates every three digits and a comma that separates the decimal fraction. | |
| Dw.p Format | Prints variables, possibly with a great range of values, lining up decimal places for values of similar magnitude. | |
| DOLLARw.d Format | Writes numeric values with a leading dollar sign, a comma that separates every three digits, and a period that separates the decimal fraction. | |
| DOLLARXw.d Format | Writes numeric values with a leading dollar sign, a period that separates every three digits, and a comma that separates the decimal fraction. | |
| Ew. Format | Writes numeric values in scientific notation. | |
| EUROw.d Format | Writes numeric values with a leading euro symbol (€), a comma that separates every three digits, and a period that separates the decimal fraction. | |
| EUROXw.d Format | Writes numeric values with a leading euro symbol (€), a period that separates every three digits, and a comma that separates the decimal fraction. | |
| FLOATw.d Format | Generates a native single-precision, floating-point value by multiplying a number by 10 raised to the dth power. | |
| FRACTw. Format | Converts numeric values to fractions. | |
| HEXw. Format | Converts real binary (floating-point) values to hexadecimal representation. | |
| IEEEw.d Format | Generates an IEEE floating-point value by multiplying a number by 10 raised to the d th power. | |
| NEGPARENw.d Format | Writes negative numeric values in parentheses. | |
| OCTALw. Format | Converts numeric values to octal representation. | |
| PERCENTw.d Format | Writes numeric values as percentages. | |
| PERCENTNw.d Format | Produces percentages, using a minus sign for negative values. | |
| ROMANw. Format | Writes numeric values as roman numerals. | |
| SIZEKw.d Format | Writes a numeric value in the form nK for kilobytes. | |
| SIZEKMGw.d Format | Writes a numeric value in the form nKB for kilobytes, nMB for megabytes, or nGB for gigabytes. | |
| VAXRBw.d Format | Writes real binary (floating-point) data in VMS format. | |
| w.d Format | Writes standard numeric data one digit per byte. | |
| YENw.d Format | Writes numeric values with yen signs, commas, and decimal points. | |
| Zw.d Format | Writes standard numeric data with leading 0s. |