$HEXw. Format: Windows

Converts character values to hexadecimal values.

Category:	character
Alignment:	left
Windows specifics:	ASCII character–encoding system
See:	$HEXw.

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Example

Syntax

$HEXw.

Required Argument

w: specifies the width of the output field.

Default:2

Range:1–32767

Details

The $HEXw. format is like the HEXw. format in that it converts a character value to hexadecimal notation, with each byte requiring two columns. Under Windows, the $HEXw. format produces hexadecimal representations of ASCII codes for characters.

Example

The following example uses the input value of 123.

data  _null_;
x='123';
put x=$hex8.;
run;

x=313233

$HEXw. Format: Windows

Syntax

Required Argument

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Example

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