Date:         Tue, 8 Jul 1997 19:42:06 EDT
Reply-To:     rhoadsm1@WESTATPO.WESTAT.COM
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Mike Rhoads <rhoadsm1@WESTATPO.WESTAT.COM>
Subject:      Re: is there an informat for ...
Comments: To: J Gielner <jgieln1@UMBC.EDU>

Julie,
 
     The ZD format works as long as you have leading zeroes rather than
leading blanks.  I thought that ZDB might allow leading blanks, but wasn't
able to get that to work.  See example below.
 
20   data _null_;
21   input @1 numvar zd4.2  @1 charvar $char4.;
22   put charvar= numvar=;
23   cards;
 
CHARVAR=242C NUMVAR=24.23
CHARVAR=057K NUMVAR=-5.72
 
          Mike Rhoads
          Westat
          RhoadsM1@Westat.com
 
   <<original question>>
   Dear NG:
 
   I am looking for an informat that will take 242C and return 24.23 or
   57K and return -5.72.  The last character in the field corresponds to
   a numeric value and also to the sign of the entire field.
 
   The following is a translation table
 
   ASCII Value   A B C D E F G H I { J K L M N O P Q R }
   Sign of Field + + + + + + + + + + - - - - - - - - - -
   Last Digit    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
 
 
   Thanks,
 
   Julie