IBw.d Format: UNIX

Writes integer binary (fixed-point) values.
Category: Numeric
Alignment: left
Default: 4
Ranges: 1 to 8, 0–10
UNIX specifics: byte order
See: IBw.d Format in SAS Formats and Informats: Reference
Details

Details

The IBw.d format writes integer binary (fixed-point) values. Integers are stored in integer-binary, or fixed-point, form. For example, the number 2 is stored as 00000002. If the format includes a d value, the data value is multiplied by 10d.
For more details, see Reading and Writing Binary Data in UNIX Environments.
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