Formats under OpenVMS

$HEXw. Format: OpenVMS

Converts character values to hexadecimal values.

Category:	character
Width range:	1 to 32767
Default width:	4
Alignment:	left
OpenVMS specifics:	ASCII character-encoding system
See:	$HEXw. Format in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

Syntax
Details
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Syntax

$HEXw.

w: specifies the width of the output field.

Details

The $HEXw. format is like the HEXw. format in that it converts a character value to hexadecimal notation, with each byte requiring two columns. Under OpenVMS, the $HEXw. format produces hexadecimal representations of ASCII codes for characters.