S370FZDw.d Format

Writes zoned decimal data in IBM mainframe format.

Category:	Numeric
Alignment:	Left
Interaction:	When the DECIMALCONV= system option is set to STDIEEE, the output that is written using this format might differ slightly from previous releases. For more information, see DECIMALCONV= System Option in SAS System Options: Reference.

Syntax

S370FZDw.d

specifies the width of the output field.

Default	8
Range	1–32

specifies to multiply the number by 10^d. This argument is optional.

Default	0
Range	0–31

Use S370FZDw.d in other operating environments to write zoned decimal data in the same format as on an IBM mainframe computer.

The following table shows the notation for equivalent zoned decimal formats in several programming languages:

y=put(x,s370fzd3.);
put y $hex6.;

Value of `x`	Result 1
123	F1F2C3
-123	F1F2D3
1The result is a hexadecimal representation of a binary number in zoned decimal format on an IBM mainframe computer. Each two hexadecimal characters correspond to one byte of binary data, and each byte corresponds to one column of the output field.