| SAS Informats under Windows |
Converts hexadecimal data to character data.
| Category |
character
|
| Width range: |
1-32767
|
| Default width: |
2
|
| Alignment: |
left
|
| Windows specifics: |
ASCII character-encoding system
|
| See: |
$HEXw. Informat in
SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
|
-
w
-
specifies width of the input value.
The $HEXw.
informat is like the HEXw. informat in that it
reads values in which each hexadecimal character occupies 1
byte. Use the $HEXw. informat
to encode hexadecimal information into a character variable when your input
data are limited to printable characters. The conversion is based on the ASCII
character
set.
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