Numbers are written
using EBCDIC code with one digit per byte. Because the value is output
as EBCDIC text characters, you can print it 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 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 BEST
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 output 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.