$OCTALw. Format
Converts character data to octal representation.
| Category: |
Character |
| Alignment: |
left |
Syntax
Syntax Description
- w
-
specifies the width
of the output field.
Default:The default width is calculated based on the length
of the variable to be printed.
Range:1–32767
Tip: Because each character value generates three octal characters,
increase the value of w by
three times the length of the character value.
Comparisons
The $OCTAL
w. format converts character values to the octal
representation of their character codes. The OCTAL
w. format converts numeric values to octal representation.
Example
The following example
shows ASCII output when you use the $OCTAL
w. format.
data _null_;
infile datalines truncover;
input item $5.;
put item $octal15.;
datalines;
art
rice
bank
;
run;
SAS writes the following
results to the log.
141162164040040
162151143145040
142141156153040