$HEXw. Format

Converts character data to hexadecimal representation.

Category:	Character
Alignment:	left
See:	$HEXw. Format: UNIX in SAS Companion for UNIX Environments $HEXw. Format: Windows in SAS Companion for Windows

Syntax

$HEXw.

w: specifies the width of the output field.

Default:The default width is calculated based on the length of the variable to be printed.

Range:1–32767

Tips:To ensure that SAS writes the full hexadecimal equivalent of your data, make w twice the length of the variable or field that you want to represent.

If w is greater than twice the length of the variable that you want to represent, $HEXw. pads it with blanks.

The $HEXw. format converts each character into two hexadecimal characters. Each blank counts as one character, including trailing blanks.

The HEXw. format converts real binary numbers to their hexadecimal equivalent.

put @5 name $hex4.;