OCTALw.d Informat

Converts positive octal values to integers.
Category: Numeric
Syntax
Details
Example

Syntax

OCTALw.d

Syntax Description

w
specifies the width of the input field.
Default:3
Range:1–24
d
specifies the power of 10 by which to divide the value. This argument is optional.
Range:1–31
Restriction:must be greater than or equal to the w value.

Details

Use only the digits 0 through 7 in the input, with no embedded blanks. The OCTALw.d informat ignores leading and trailing blanks.
OCTALw.d cannot read negative values. It treats all input values as positive (unsigned).

Example 

input @1 value octal3.1;
Data Line
Result 
----+----1
 
177
 
12.7
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