Numbers are represented
using the EBCDIC code, with one digit per byte. Because the values
are stored in EBCDIC, they can be printed without further formatting.
The range of the magnitude
of numbers is from 5.4 x 10
-79 to 7.2 x
10
75. Any number that is outside of this
range causes an overflow error. All numeric variables that are represented
by SAS software are within this range.
The following table
contains examples that illustrate the use of E
w.
under
z/OS:
Note: In these examples, the Value
column represents the value of the SAS numeric variable. The Results
column shows what the numeric value looks like when viewed from a
text editor. The b characters in the Results column indicate blank
spaces. For a table of commonly used EBCDIC characters, see
EBCDIC Code: Commonly Used Characters.