VMSZNw.d Informat

Reads VMS and MicroFocus COBOL zoned numeric data.

Category:	Numeric
Interaction:	List input is incompatible with binary input when this informat is specified in an INFORMAT= statement or an ATTRIB= statement using the INFORMAT= argument. SAS issues a warning and uses formatted input to read the data.

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Syntax

VMSZNw.d

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the output field.

Default	1
Range	1–32

d

specifies the number of digits to the right of the decimal point in the numeric value. This argument is optional.

Details

The VMSZNw.d informat is similar to the ZDw.d informat. Both read a string of ASCII digits, and the last digit is a special character denoting the magnitude of the last digit and the sign of the entire number. The difference between the VMSZNw.d informat and the ZDw.d informat is in the special character used for the last digit. The following table shows the special characters used by the VMSZNw.d informat.

Desired Digit	Special Character	Desired Digit	Special Character
0	0	-0	p
1	1	-1	q
2	2	-2	r
3	3	-3	s
4	4	-4	t
5	5	-5	u
6	6	-6	v
7	7	-7	w
8	8	-8	x
9	9	-9	y

Example

input @1 vmszn4.;

Data line	Result
----+----1
1234	1234
123t	-1234

VMSZNw.d Informat

Syntax

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w

d

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