HEXw. Format: UNIX

Converts real binary (floating-point) numbers to hexadecimal representation.

Category:	Numeric
Alignment:	left
Default:	8
Range:	1 to 16
UNIX specifics:	floating-point representation
See:	HEXw. Format in SAS Formats and Informats: Reference

Details

The HEXw. format converts a real (floating-point) binary number to its hexadecimal representation. When you specify a width value of 1 through 15, the real binary number is truncated to a fixed-point integer before being converted to a hexadecimal number. When you specify 16 for the width, SAS writes the floating-point value of the number, but does not truncate it.

Note: UNIX systems vary widely in their floating-point representation. For more information, see Reading and Writing Binary Data in UNIX Environments.

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