The S370FFw.d informat reads numeric data that are represented in EBCDIC and converts the data to native format. If EBCDIC is the native format, S370FFw.d performs no conversion.

S370FFw.d reads EBCDIC numeric values that are represented with one byte per digit. Use S370FFw.d on other operating environments to read numeric data from IBM mainframe files.

S370FFw.d reads numeric values located anywhere in the input field. EBCDIC blanks can precede or follow a numeric value with no effect. If a value is negative, an EBCDIC minus sign should immediately precede the value. S370FFw.d reads values with EBCDIC decimal points and values in scientific notation, and it interprets a single EBCDIC period as a missing value.

Comparisons

The S370FFw.d informat performs the same role for numeric data that the $EBCDICw.d informat does for character data. That is, on an IBM mainframe system, S370FFw.d has the same effect as the standard w.d informat. On all other systems, using S370FFw.d is equivalent to using $EBCDICw.d as well as using the standard w.d informat.

Example

input @1 x s370ff3.;

Data Line 1	Result
----+----1
F1F2F3	123
F2F4F0	240
1The data lines are hexadecimal representations of codes for characters. Each two hexadecimal characters correspond to one byte of binary data, and each byte corresponds to one character value.