A SAS informat
is an instruction or template that SAS uses to read data values into
a variable. Most SAS informats are described completely in
SAS Formats and Informats: Reference. The informats that are described here have behavior
that is specific to SAS under Windows.
Many of the SAS informats
that have details specific to the Windows operating environment are
used to read binary data. In using these informats, it is important
that you understand the concepts that are presented in
Reading Binary Data.