specifies the power
of 10 by which to divide the value. This argument is optional.
Range:0–10
Details
All values are treated
as positive. PIBw.d reads
positive integer binary values with consistent results if the values
are created in the same type of operating environment that you use
to run SAS.
Positive integer binary values
are the same as integer binary values except that the sign bit is
part of the value, which is always a positive integer. The PIBw.d informat
treats all values as positive and includes the sign bit as part of
the value.
The PIBw.d informat
with a width of 1 results in a value that corresponds to the binary
equivalent of the contents of a byte. The binary equivalent of the
contents of a byte is useful if your data contain values between hexadecimal
80 and hexadecimal FF, where the high-order bit can be misinterpreted
as a negative sign.
The IBw.d and
PIBw.d informats
are used to read native format integers. (Native format enables you
to read and write values that are created in the same operating environment.)
The IBRw.d and
PIBRw.d informats
are used to read little endian integers in any operating environment.
To view a table that
shows the type of informat to use with big endian and little endian
integers, see
SAS Informats and Byte Ordering.
You can use the INPUT
statement and specify the PIB informat. However, in these examples,
we use the informat with the INPUT function, where binary input values
are described by using a hexadecimal literal.