Reads positive integer binary (fixed-point) values in IBM mainframe
format.
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w
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specifies the width of the input field.
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d
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specifies the power of 10 by which to divide
the value. This argument is optional.
Positive integer binary values are the
same as integer binary values, except that all values are treated as positive.
S370FPIBw.d reads
integer binary values with consistent results if the values are created in
the same type of operating environment that you use to run SAS.
Use S370FPIBw.d for positive integer binary data
that are created in IBM
mainframe format for reading in other operating environments.
Note: Different operating environments store integer
binary values in different ways. This concept is called byte ordering. For
a detailed discussion about byte ordering, see
Byte Ordering for Integer Binary Data on Big Endian and Little Endian Platforms. ![[cautionend]](../../../../common/63294/HTML/default/images/cautend.gif)
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If you use SAS on an IBM mainframe, S370FPIBw.d and
PIBw.d are identical.
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S370FPIBw.d,
S370FIBUw.d,
and S370FIBw.d are
used to read big endian integers in any operating environment.
To view a table that shows the type of informat to use
with big endian and little endian integers, see
SAS Informats and Byte Ordering.
To view a table that compares integer binary notation
in several programming languages, see
Integer Binary Notation and Programming Languages.
You can use the INPUT statement and specify the S370FPIB
informat. However, this example uses the informat with the INPUT function,
where the binary input value is described using a hexadecimal literal.
x=input('0100'x,s370fpib2.);
SAS Statement |
Results |
put x=4;
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256
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