Ew.d Informat: z/OS

Reads numeric values that are stored in scientific notation.
Category: Numeric
Default: 12
Ranges: 7- 32 bytes, 0-31
z/OS specifics: Interprets input as EBCDIC, minimum and maximum values
See: Ew.d Informat in SAS Formats and Informats: Reference
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Numbers are interpreted using the EBCDIC character-encoding system, with one digit per byte. The range of the magnitude of acceptable values is from 5.4 x 10-79 to 7.2 x 1075. Any number outside this range causes an overflow error.
The following examples illustrate the use of the Ew.dinformat.
Data Line
Informat
Value
1.230E+02
e10.
123
-1.230E+02
e10.
-123
1.230E+01
e10.
12.3
1.235E+08
e10.
123,500,000
Note: In these examples, Data Line shows what the input looks like when viewed from a text editor. Value is the number that is used by SAS after the data pattern has been read using the corresponding informat.

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Ew. Format: z/OS
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