BINARYw. Format

Converts numeric values to binary representation.
Category: Numeric
Alignment: left
Syntax
Comparisons
Example

Syntax

BINARYw.

Syntax Description

w
specifies the width of the output field.
Default:8
Range:1–64

Comparisons

BINARYw. converts numeric values to binary representation. The $BINARYw. format converts character values to binary representation.

Example 

put @1 x binary8.;
Value of x
Result 
----+----1
 
123.45
 
01111011
 
123
 
01111011
 
-123
 
10000101
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