The format of floating-point
numbers is host-specific. See
SAS Language Reference: Concepts for
a description of the format that is used to store floating-point
numbers under
z/OS.
If the format includes
a
d value, the number is multiplied
by 10
d.
The following table
contains examples that illustrate how decimal numbers are written
as floating-point numbers using the RB
w.d
format:
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a d value
of 1 causes the number to be multiplied by 10 1 |
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a d value
of 2 causes the number to be multiplied by 10 2 |
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Note: In these examples, the Value
column represents the value of the data, and the Results column shows
a hexadecimal representation of the bit pattern written by the corresponding
format. (You cannot view this data in a text editor, unless you can
view it in hexadecimal representation.)